From a story set in California's past, to contemporary New England, Colombia, and Argentina, to Earth's future, these four imaginative short films expand the way we see ourselves, and the world.

Epirenov is the last inhabitant on Earth. He monotonously walks around the empty desert in search of pieces necessary to build a partner. On a routine tour he discovers an artifact that will change his world, in this dystopian stop-motion animated drama.

Epirenov

In this dystopian stop-motion drama, Epirenov, the last inhabitant of Earth, discovers an object that will change his world.

Joaquín, a transgender person living in rural 1990s New England, is eight months pregnant. After encountering a mysterious spirit in the forest, Joaquín goes into labor early. Is this spirit haunting or guiding Joaquín as they await their midwife?

Light on a Path, Follow

Joaquín, a pregnant transgender person, encounters a mysterious spirit who triggers—and may threaten—the child's premature birth.

Louise is the young daughter of an affluent family in Southern California, 1912. Her mother’s coldness pushes Louise to find solace in the arms of her governess , Marie. When Louise discovers her father is having an affair, she begins to understand the depth of her mother’s pain. She tries to align with her mother, but Judith goes too far and Louise can no longer follow.

Louise

Louise, a young girl in 1912 California, loses her mother just as she begins to understand the cause of their estrangement.

Muhamab is an absurd man ruled by randomness. He burns self-help books and count the elderly who fall down the street. One day he buys a little juice that comes without straw and decides to travel to claim it in the province where it was manufactured. There, in Tucumán, he falls in love with Luna, a history student. She will make him realize that to believe vehemently in nothing is already to believe in something.

Muhamab El Zurdo (Muhamab the Left-Handed)

An absurdist comedy about a young Colombian's quest to understand the world around him by confronting it directly.

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