Hernandez had already made films in Guatemala and Mexico and this time found inspiring locations, unusual atmosphere and enthusiastic young people in Costa Rica. In this consciously unpolished film, the rebellious girls Sole and Ana open the trunk of a car in grandma’s garden and find something they’d rather immediately forget.

Lightning Falls Behind

Dışardan bakıldığında Isa’nın hayatı hiç fena değildir: birbirinden tatlı çocuklar ve cana yakın bir koca. Ancak kurduğu gerçeküstü hayaller onu bir isyana sürükler. Epeydir bastırılmış cinselliğini keşfedip, kurallarını kendi koyduğu bir yaşam idealinin peşine düşer.

The Awakening of the Ants

Superheroes play a leading role in many contemporary films, and Latin American animated films are not left out of this. This is evident in La Súper, the colorful first feature-length film by veteran Cuban animation filmmaker Ernesto Piña. Yudeisi is a young woman whose fight for justice makes her the chosen one for a series of superpowers. These do not come from technology or experiments, but from an aboriginal warrior who freed the inhabitants of her village 500 years ago and whose spirit resurfaces to fight for good. Yudeisi as a new defender uses her qualities to defend women from male violence.