NORTH AMERICA
SHORTLIST

Ave Domus
Mexico / Drama / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Jerónimo Hill
Producer: Jerónimo Hill, José Antonio Trillo G.G., Arturo Zárate A.
Cast: Natalia Plascencia
A grieving woman goes into an unknown house, where a loved one once lived but is no more. Through exploring the space, objects, clothes, music, and even the materials and architecture of this now empty house, she meets with this person again, in a metaphysical space. In this alternate dimension, she finds the opportunity to end a cycle and close a wound that had been left open

Familia
Puerto Rico / Drama / 11 minutes
Director: Jams xBash
Writer: Pilar Valdés
Producer: Pilar Valdés, Jams xBash, Rafael Oller, Patricia Alonso
Cast: Pilar Valdés, ,Carola García, Braulio Castillo
FAMILIA is a tropical-psychological thriller following a tortured Puerto Rican author as she struggles with a difficult choice years after her parents divorce.
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Gone (Desaparecida)
Mexico / Thriller / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Valeria Lopez Mancheva, Fabián Archondo
Producer: Sergio Alejandro Livas
Cast: Mayra Hermosillo, Luis de Tavira, Luis Ernesto Verdín
A young woman lives a quiet live, with a new romance at hand, until she finds her own image on a missing person poster.

Little Hours in A Perfect World
Mexico / Drama / 22 minutes
Director/Writer: Daniel Humberto Campos
Producer: Daniel Humberto Campos
Cast: Renata Sández, Yoaxy León
Natalia, an 18-year-old girl, doesn't know what to do with her life, she intends to study for the college exam but she also works at a restaurant. One night, coming back home, an accident happens in the subway and it stops giving service. Along the way, she will meet characters and situations that will make her notice aspects of her life and her relationship with the world that will take her in a different way.

The Recruitment
Dominican Republic / Drama / 6 minutes
Director: Christian Elliott, Neal Johnson, Bruce Macdonald
Writer: Christian Elliott, Neal Johnson
Producer: Angel Puello
Cast: Janiluz Goldstein, Andre Vilalta, Shirley Pérez, Iban Marrero
Two siblings based in Latin America are victims of intrafamilial trafficking by their step-dad. The boy longs to attend school, and his older sister is looking for an escape. The girl meets a man who wines and dines her, only then to assault her sexually.