25th Annual deadCenter Film Festival

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Saq Nikté and the Spirit of the Mask
In a forgotten community, an artisan girl puts an old K'iche' invocation to the test and summons a curious spirit into our world.
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Palindrome
A man fervently seeks the truth behind his partner’s disappearance after his mysterious return.
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Giving Mom the Talk
In this literal coming-of-age story, an Indian woman has to give her mom 'the talk'
Sorry
Two women attempt to call a restaurant for a refund without apologizing.
Tiger
After losing her iconic artist father and brother, Dana Tiger reconnects with her heritage and familt legacy by reviving their famed t-shirt business admists personal and health struggles, turning tragedy into a coveted cultural revival.
Kusi Sonríe (Kusi Smiles)
Kusi, a Quechua teenager, gets triggered by joining a traditional family gathering in the Andes of Ayacucho, Peru. Unable to sing since her mom passed away Kusi is confronted by her grief and embarks on a path of healing among sisterhood, community, and connecting with the land.
Neither Donkey Nor Horse ( 非驴非马 )
Amidst the outbreak of the 1910 Manchurian Plague, a young Chinese doctor must defy prejudices of both the East and the West to champion his groundbreaking theory about the disease - and seek the truth that will heal it.
I Can't Go Anywhere With You – JD McPherson
JD and Bloodshot Bill play the set of their lives
The Making of Together Together
The power of art and community
Pack Rat
In rural New Zealand, a fifteen-year-old girl fights to keep her place among the pack of boys she has grown up with. As day turns to night, she falls into a power game with the pack's alpha - but it is the wrestle within herself that proves to be her hardest challenge.
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Set in a remote community in Guatemala. Entirely spoken in the K’iche’ Mayan language, the film follows Iq’, a curious and playful spirit who listens to the sound of an old invocation that summons him to the world of the living. At the other end of that prayer is Saq Nikté, an 11-year-old Mayan Kʼicheʼ girl with vitiligo who forges a mask as an offering to the spirit.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    K'iche'
  • Country
    Guatemala, Uruguay
  • Premiere
    Oklahoma
  • Genre
    Fantasy, Indigenous Folklore
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Note
    Website: https://ocelotlproductions.com/
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  • Director
    A. Ester Weiner
  • Screenwriter
    A. Ester Weiner
  • Producer
    Aurora Nohemi Chaj Haz, Pablo Leon, Sergio Bonacci Lapalma, Bryan Dimas
  • Executive Producer
    Pablo Leon, Natalia Del Riego, Jonathan Rivas, Nicholas Kennedy, Pamela De La Cruz
  • Cast
    Lidia Maribel Lux Leon
  • Editor
    Pablo Leon
  • Animator
    Gloria Felix, A. Ester Weiner, Pablo "Tenshi" Solares, Daniela Almorza, Pablo Leon
  • Music
    Aurora Nohemi Chaj Haz
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