LOS MOSQUITOS

Short Film - Narrative

Director/Writer

Aby, a 15-year-old Honduran teen, and her younger cousin Nata, who has just arrived in the US, must forge new bonds and redefine their very concept of family together.

For sales, please contact Flavio Armone at lightson@lightsonfilm.org

SELECTIONS

  • SXSW - South by Southwest 2024, USA - World Premiere

  • Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Student Short Film Showcase in partnership with Focus Features and JetBlue Airlines Winner (2024)

  • Milwaukee Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Georgetown University Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2024, USA - Best US Latina Director 

  • Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival  2024, Spain

  • Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine 2024 - Best Costa Rican Short Film Award, IMAGINA Award

  • Oak Cliff Film Festival 2024, USA

  • CineFestival San Antonio 2024, USA - Best Fiction Short Film Award

  • Festival Internacional de Cine Shorts Costa Rica 2024

  • Guanajuato International Film Festival 2024, Mexico

  • Nova Frontier Film Festival 2024, USA

  • HollyShorts Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Anonimul Film Festival 2024, Romania

  • Orvieto Cinema Fest 2024, Italy

  • Scrambled Genius Film Festival 2024, USA

  • New/Next Film Festival 2024, USA

  • The Downtown Festival 2024, USA

  • Seattle Latino Film Festival 2024, USA

  • New Orleans Film Festival 2024, USA

  • shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2024, Costa Rica

  • Lost River Film Fest 2024, USA

  • Premios Pávez - Festival Internacional de Cine de Talavera de la Reina 2024, Spain

  • Matera Film Fest 2024, Italy

  • Borders | No Borders 2024, USA

  • FICVI, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de Vila-seca 2024, Spain

  • Festival Cine Zaragoza 2024, Spain

  • ÍCARO Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica 2024, Guatemala

  • Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOSHORTS 2024, Colombia

  • Dhaka International Film Festival 2025, Bangladesh

  • Carrboro Film Fest 2025, USA

FUNDS AND SUPPORT

  • Austin Film Society Short Film Grant, 2023

  • Southern Producer’s Lab, 2023

COMADRE

Short Film - Narrative

Director/Writer/Editor

Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant nanny struggling with the last days of her current nanny job, and trying to find a new one.

AWARDS

  • Best Costa Rican Short Film, Costa Rica International Film Festival, 2023

  • Director’s Guild of America Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in the Latino Category (West Coast), 2022

  • Best Texas Short Film, Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2023

  • L-MAS Graduate Student Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2022

SELECTIONS

  • Telluride Film Festival (2023)

  • Monterrey International Film Festival (2023)

  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (2023)

  • Carrboro Film Festival (2023)

  • Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival en Viena (2023)

  • Lobo Fest (2023)

  • Kera - Frame of Mind (2023)

  • El Paso Film Festival (2023)

  • Topaz Film Festival (2023)

  • Lost River Film Festival (2023)

  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (2023)

  • Oak Cliff Film Festival (2023)

  • Philadelphia Latino Film festival (2023)

  • UPTILT Film Festival (2023)

  • BOGOSHORTS - Festival de Cortos de Bogotá (2022)

  • New Orleans Film Festival (2022)

  • San Francisco Latino Film Festival (2022)

  • Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (2023)

  • New York Latino Film Festival (2022)