2023 Official Selection
2023 Official Selection
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The Competition Line-Up for the 2023 Houston Latino Film Festival
The Houston Latino Film Festival is pleased to present the Official 2023 Film Selection that will be in competition. Chosen from almost 500 total submissions worldwide; over 70 short and feature films of all genres will be screened starting March 15 through March 19, 2023 at the MATCH – Midtown Arts Theater Center Houston. Every year, HLFF embraces new voices, creativity and a passion for innovative storytelling that highlights the Latinx experience. The competition features eight categories including Best Narrative Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Short Narrative Film, Best Short Documentary Film, Best Student Film, Best Texas Film, Audience Award for Feature Film and Audience Award for Short Film. Our Spotlight film selection (non-competition) will be announced with the full festival schedule on February 16th.
Congratulations to the following filmmakers, whose projects are listed below:
Feature Films in Competition
- 130 Children – “130 Hermanos”
Documentary – Chile/Costa Rica – Director: Ainara Aparici - Amalgam – “Amalgama”
Narrative Drama – Mexico – Director: Carlos Cuarón - Bailaora “Mis pies son mi voz”
Documentary – USA – Director: Pablo Croce - Carajita
Narrative Drama – Dominican Republic – Directors: Ulises Porra & Silvina Schnicer - Do it for Me – “Hazlo por mí
Narrative Drama – Spain – Director: Álvaro de la Hoz - Female Tanker Driver – “La Pipera”
Documentary – Mexico – Director: Miguel Pérez - Blurred Women – “Lienzo en Blanco”
Narrative Drama – El Salvador – Directors: Leslie Ortiz & Gabriela Cruz - Squatters – “Okupas”
Documentary – Colombia – Director: Catalina Santamaria - Strangers to Peace – “Ajenos a la Paz”
Documentary – Colombia – Directors: Laura Angel & Noah Debonis - The Pool of the Nobodies – “La alberca de los Nadies”
Narrative Drama – Mexico – Director: José Luis Solís Olivares - The Woman of Stars and Mountains – “MUKÍ SOPALÍRILI ALIGUÉ GAWÍCHI NIRÚGAME
Documentary – Mexico – Director: Santiago Esteinou - With This Light – “Con Esta Luz”
Documentary – Honduras/USA – Directors: Nicole Bernardi-Reis & Laura Bermudez.
Short Films in Competition
- Águilas
Documentary – USA – Directors: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan & Maite Zubiaurre - A Latino Hollywood Nightmare
Comedy – USA – Director: Jeff Valdez - A Complete Woman – “Una Mujer Completa”
Drama – Spain – Director: Ceres Machado - Amateurs
Comedy – Spain – Director: Ceres Machado - And Then What? – “¿Y Luego?”
Comedy – Mexico – Director: Mario Trujillo - Be Right Back– “Ahora Vuelvo”
Drama – Mexico – Director: Arturo Márquez - Benny: Our Musical Lineage
Documentary – USA – Director: Dave Garcia - Bertie the Brilliant
Comedy – USA – Director: Gabriela Garcia Medina - Captain Blackbeard
Drama – Mexico – Director: Mateo Granillo - Cartagena Boy
Documentary – Colombia/USA – Directors: Jose Andre Sibaja & Ibai Vigil-Escalera - Change Me
Romance – USA – Director: Charlie G. - Charro & Steed (A Story of Mexican Rodeo)
Documentary – USA – Director: Matthew Keith Wagner - Dead Enders
Horror – USA – Directors: Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker - Desert Lights – “Estrellas del desierto”
Drama – Chile – Director: Katherina Harder Sacre - Each Other – “Vernos”
Drama – Argentina – Director: Martin Donozo - Esmeralda
Drama – USA – Director: Sabrina Ehlert - Fuego
Drama- USA – Director: Edwin Franko - Georgina
Drama – USA – Director: Joe Perales - Ghost on the Dance Floor
Romance – USA – Director: Edwin Raul Oliva - Green Water
Drama – USA – Director: Carlos Estrada - Grilled Queso
Animation – USA – Director: Sergio Eduardo Munoz Esquer - I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry – “Sin lágrimas para llorar”
Drama – USA – Director: Luis Fernando Puente - If They Kill Me
Comedy – Mexico – Director: Hipatia Argüero Mendoza - In Heaven
Drama – Spain – Director: Manuel Gomar - In the Forest of Nisene Marks
Drama – USA – Director: Jason Leal - Ixch’umil
Drama – Guatemala – Director: Miguel Ajcot - Keep/Delete
Sci-Fi – USA – Director: Kryzz Gautier - Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories
Documentary – USA – Director: Javier Briones - Lilith
Drama – USA – Director: Danny Geraldo Martinez - Living All of Life
Comedy – Mexico – Director: Marlén Ríos-Farjat - Mapimí
Western Drama – Mexico – Director: Rodrigo Gallegos - Marleny’s Secret
Documentary – USA – Director: Andrea Sambuccetti - Más Latina
Comedy – USA – Director: Janeva Adena Zentz - Mother Rain – “Mamapara”
Documentary – Peru – Director: Alberto Flores Vilca - Mti
Drama – Chile – Director: Mauricio Corco - One Serving Per Can
Animation – Colombia – Director: Miguel Otálora - Pie Mojado
Comedy – USA – Director: Anthony Ramon Soto - Road to Delicias
Drama – Mexico – Director: J.L. Ruiz - Saturday Fuego Diablo
Comedy – Canada – Director: Anita Abbasi - Sion Papi
Documentary/Animation – USA – Director: Anne Fernandez - SPIC
Drama – USA – Director: Heidi Miami Marshall - Stuck
Drama – Colombia- Director: Pablo Tobon Gallo - The Eyes of Erebus
Drama – Spain – Director: Javier Barbero Montes - The Music of the Wiwa People
Documentary – Colombia – Directors: Michael Brims & Jaime Bofill - The Polacks
Drama – Cuba – Director: Carlos Barba Salva - The Presence
Drama/Fantasy – El Salvador – Director: Luis Javier Funes - The Shadow of the Crows
Comedy – France – Director: Elvira Barboza - The Treatment
Comedy – Spain – Director: Álvaro Carmona - Those Who Want No Broth Shall Get Two Plates
Comedy – Colombia – Director: Alejandro Victoria - TÍO
Animation – Mexico – Director: Juan Medina - Tundra
Experimental – Cuba – Director: José Luis Aparicio - Twakana Yagán
Documentary – Argentina – Directors: Rodrigo Tenuta & Ignacio Leonidas - Undocumented: A Dream of Education
Documentary – USA – Director: Elisa Herrmann - Wading for Change
Documentary – USA – Director: Sofia Jaramillo - What’s Left Behind
Horror – Honduras – Director: César Liang - Zulen and I
Drama – Peru – Director: Michelle Alexander
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