Denise Arregui

“Huarango” explores the story of a successful NYC Chef, who is brought back to his home town to attend his mother’s funeral in Nazca, Peru. The film takes place in his first 48 hours in Peru after being gone for 20 years. He arrives at his childhood home a day before everyone is supposed to arrive for the funeral, expecting to be alone and use that time to settle in - but he is met with the surprise that Vanessa, his sister, is there as well. They were both not expecting to see each other that day, and are now forced to talk about their relationship, and Gonzalo is forced to confront his decisions and the effect it had on his family.

Surrounded by social and political chaos in Lima during the summer of 1992, Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave and seek opportunities in the United States. Their farewell involves reconnecting with their estranged father, Carlos, adding turbulence to the regrets, hopes, and fears of their emotional departure.

Amores Gatos is an experimental tragicomedy about a wannabe-poet jack-of-all-trades dilettante that earns his living as a cat-sitter in NYC. On a raucous night on the job he manages to lose the same cat three times only to realize, when the owners unexpectedly return, that their cat has been replaced by another.

Miguel’s life has stalled since his wife left him. Everyone, except him, is aware that she will not return. On the other hand, Camila, her adolescent daughter and withdrawn, navigates aimlessly in a love triangle between her best friend and a singular skater.