About the Event
Join us for the 16th Annual Seattle Latino Film Festival
Bringing audiences and filmmakers together for an educational experience and to support the magic of film-making as part of Hispanic and Romance Language Cinema globally.
Schedule of Events:
6:00 pm: Iberoamerican Animation Short Film Competition
The Iberoamerican Animation Short Film Competition features a diverse selection of animated short films that showcase the creativity and storytelling prowess of animators from the Ibero-American region.
The Hardest Shapes / Entrelazadas (Colombia, 14 mins. 2023)
Director: Alejandra Morales Garcia.
Language: Spanish with English subtitles.
Genres: Short Film.
Synopsis: Between the lines of affection and pain, a generational dispute is drawn about the meaning of being a woman. A daughter faces the challenge of listening to her mother and her grandmother with the purpose of blurring the forms that cement her identity.
Sinopsis: Entre las lineas del afecto y el dolor, se traza una disputa generacional sobre el significado de ser mujer. Una hija enfrenta el desafio de escuchar a su madre y a su abuela con el proposito de desdibujar las formas que cimentan su identidad.
In Half (Spain, 24 mins. 2023)
Director: Jorge Morais Valle.
Cast: Jake Walters, Gabor Bakonyi, James Gillies.
Language: English.
Genres: Short Film, Animation.
Synopsis: Through a child's imagination it tells the journey of a man who after falling prey to his fears, he must cross a strange world, a universe full of magic, where he will be confronted with his own fears and conflicts from the past and where he must find solutions for the future to discover his self-identity.
Sinopsis: A traves de la imaginacion de un nino, se narra el viaje de un hombre que, tras caer preso de sus miedos, debe atravesar un mundo extrano, un universo lleno de magia, donde se enfrentara a sus propios temores y conflictos del pasado, y donde debera encontrar soluciones para el futuro para descubrir su identidad.
Monster Boy / Menino Monstro (Brazil, 9 mins. 2023)
Director: Guilherme Alvernaz.
Cast: Andre Abujamra, Luiza Porto.
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles.
Genres: Short Film.
Synopsis: Have you ever imagined having a brother who is a real little monster? In "Monster Boy", Clarice shares exactly this unique experience. Through their stories, we discover a world where the antics and peculiarities of Nico, his younger brother, turn each day into an unexpected adventure.
Sinopsis: ¿Alguna vez has imaginado tener un hermano que es un verdadero pequeno monstruo? En "Chico Monstruo", Clarice comparte exactamente esta experiencia unica. A traves de sus historias, descubrimos un mundo donde las travesuras y peculiaridades de Nico, su hermano menor, convierten cada dia en una aventura inesperada.
The Strange Case of The Human Cannonball (Ecuador, 10 mins. 2023)
Wildflower (Portugal, 5 mins. 2024)
Director: Carina Pierro Corso.
Genres: Short Film.
Synopsis: A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them? Wildflower is a poetic essay about the undesirable, the lack of control and duality that seeks to explore the different possibilities of interaction between human beings and the uncontrollable side of nature.
Sinopsis: Un sentimiento de vacio, una mente inquieta y dos pedazos de tierra. ¿Que nace del vacio que los une? Wildflower es un ensayo poetico sobre lo indeseable, la falta de control y la dualidad que busca explorar las diferentes posibilidades de interaccion entre los seres humanos y el lado incontrolable de la naturaleza.Director: Roberto Valencia.
Genres: Short Film.
Synopsis: One morning, a mysterious man is found lying in the square of a village inhabited by only six residents. No one knows who he is, nor where he came from. They must act quickly and decide what to do before the stranger awakens.
Sinopsis: Una manana, un hombre misterioso es encontrado tendido en la plaza de un pueblo habitado por solo seis residentes. Nadie sabe quien es ni de donde vino. Deben actuar rapidamente y decidir que hacer antes de que el desconocido despierte.
The Final Day / Ultimo Dia (USA, 5 mins. 2024)
Director: Sofia Arbaiza Martinez.
Synopsis: Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small to carry everything her heart holds.
Sinopsis: Yadira, una joven cubana creativa, lucha por empacar en su ultimo dia en casa. Emprendiendo sola un viaje de inmigracion, su maleta parece demasiado pequena para llevar todo lo que su corazon guarda.
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