Set in Florida, a 12-year-old Puerto Rican girl's perspective changes when she brings a popular dessert dish, arroz con leche, to a Thanksgiving event at her school and one eats it.

Adult daughters, Amada and Altagracia, task themselves (and their own daughters) in honoring Mami’s birthday by building her a pimped out altar any Santera would be proud of. In doing so, they unwittingly open a door to the spirit world that provides these sisters a 24-hour window to reconnect with Mami and all of her “constructive criticism”.

Elena and Mateo are first-generation immigrants from Latin America who are celebrating their youngest child's birthday until they are interrupted by a knock on their door by unwanted guests.

Carolina and Elsa, two friends of 10 and 13 years old who live in the same housing unit, enjoy a childhood full of mischief, video recordings and pop music in the nineties. Their happiness is broken when Carolina is abused by a family member. She shares her secret with Elsa, and together they take revenge.

Several weeks after a devastating hurricane, a young woman, María, returns home to care for her suicidal father. While she waits for him to be discharged from the hospital, she becomes obsessed with cleaning up his withered apartment.

After her father dies, Teresa, a 50-year-old expatriate, returns to Argentina determined to sell the family farm, but excesssive rain forces her to stay while allowing Ernesto, the eagerly presumptuous man who runs it, to convince her to keep it. As she reconnects with the land, Ernesto's efforts and insinuations will force Teresa to make a drastic decision.

A Q&A featuring the filmmakers of the Viva Mujeres Shorts Program