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Fierce transformation that grounds us in origina and sets the feminine free.
These shorts programs may differentiate from the shorts programs presented at our in-person festival screenings due to the various geoblocking restraints on each film.
Ixquic, an Indigenous teenager, rejects her mother’s fight to protect a threatened river. When the river begins to bleed and ancestral forces awaken, she must reconcile her identity with the legacy she denied in order to defend her territory.
Elvis Caj, Mayan filmmaker, Open Doors and Talents alumnus, and founder of Ancestral Films, is currently developing his debut feature Hiñaru Duna.
- Year2025
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageSpanish, Poqomchi', K'ekchi'
- CountryGuatemala
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- GenreShort, Fiction
- Content WarningMMIWG2S+
- DirectorElvis Caj (Maya Poqomchi')
- ScreenwriterElvis Caj (Maya Poqomchi')
- ProducerIsha Sumner (Garífuna), Benjamín Sagüí (Keqchí)
Fierce transformation that grounds us in origina and sets the feminine free.
These shorts programs may differentiate from the shorts programs presented at our in-person festival screenings due to the various geoblocking restraints on each film.
Ixquic, an Indigenous teenager, rejects her mother’s fight to protect a threatened river. When the river begins to bleed and ancestral forces awaken, she must reconcile her identity with the legacy she denied in order to defend her territory.
Elvis Caj, Mayan filmmaker, Open Doors and Talents alumnus, and founder of Ancestral Films, is currently developing his debut feature Hiñaru Duna.
- Year2025
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageSpanish, Poqomchi', K'ekchi'
- CountryGuatemala
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- GenreShort, Fiction
- Content WarningMMIWG2S+
- DirectorElvis Caj (Maya Poqomchi')
- ScreenwriterElvis Caj (Maya Poqomchi')
- ProducerIsha Sumner (Garífuna), Benjamín Sagüí (Keqchí)
