7 Boxes
This film focuses on the street kid Victor, as he shuffles around seven boxes filled with mysterious but coveted merchandise. He tries to escape a rival, the police, and other people after the merchandise, while trying to make a living in Mercado 4 helping the market shoppers tote their purchases around.
Anima Buenos Aires
Four short animated stories from Buenos Aires are compiled into one screening, with different animation styles.
From Tuesday to Tuesday
As the title suggests, this story takes place over a week. The main character appears to be a silent factory worker and body builder who takes advantage of a tragedy to benefit himself.
Garifuna in Peril
Based on real social events, a man works to preserve the Garifuna language and culture. Garifuna is a South American culture near to Honduras, whose language is slowly dying out as new generations are learning English and Spanish instead. This real life fight to save the language is depicted fictionally.
In the Middle of Heaven
A female ad exec locks herself and a maintenance man out of their office building, and bond as they wait for someone to let them back in.
Maydays
A local Chicago-made story of students observing and participating in the issue of employment rights of immigrants, focusing on two teen characters.
Peru Sabe: Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change
This film uses food to relate to aspects of Peru and its future.
Route of the Moon
A man and his father, two different personalities, have to travel together, picking up a hitchhiker on the way.
Sanandrenista
A small time corrupt cop finds he has to do some real work when he is accused of murder.
Speechless
A Chinese immigrant is helped by a hardware store employee/aspiring artist.
Three Marys
The stories of three women named Maria are examined as events of one night are told through their individual perspectives.
White Elephant
Two priests with opposing views are stuck in a drug war.
Other films I was interested in and could not fit into my schedule:
Man From the Future
A sort of "Back to the Future" story, a man returns 20 years into the past to change a moment in his life, hoping to improve it, only to return to current day to find it is worse.
Sofia and the Stubborn Man
Carmen Maura stars as Sofia, who is tired of her husband's treatment of her. She takes an impromptu vacation away from him, leaving him to fend for himself.
Carmen Maura stars as Sofia, who is tired of her husband's treatment of her. She takes an impromptu vacation away from him, leaving him to fend for himself.
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