David Herrera

Aphrodites

A group of sisters is accused of inciting lust during a typhus epidemic. Nurse Aurora investigates, facing prevailing superstition.

Dreaming Girl

Amidst Colombia's La Guajira, Virginia strives to lead her community while reconciling ancestral heritage and Western influence as a law student, embarking on a transformative journey to Jepira's sacred realm guided by her dreams.

Mother

In the heart of the Darien forest, newly elected Embera indigenous governor Morelia must confront both male resistance to her leadership and the haunting echoes of her past.

Sandboy

José, a young indigenous man, is torn between leaving his community to study and get ahead, or staying in his tribe, protecting his culture and dedicating himself to traditional activities, including smuggling, and must make a decision that will mark his destiny.

The New Life

One elderly couple decides to seek assisted death because of the fear caused by the absence of the other. However, before ending their lives, they make a final visit to their village to say goodbye to their childhood friends.

Woodland Spirit

Adriana, a woman of Indigenous heritage and an advocate for ancestral medicine, believes that Yagé, the sacred plant, is trying to deliver a message that could transform her life. As she reconnects with her roots, she begins to ask: How can ancestral knowledge survive in a world that’s always changing? What does it mean to belong, to remember, to heal? In seeking these answers, she’s forced to confront her identity and redefine her purpose. What she discovers may reshape not only her own path, but the future of Indigenous legacy in the modern world.

Aphrodites

A group of sisters is accused of inciting lust during a typhus epidemic. Nurse Aurora investigates, facing prevailing superstition.

Dreaming Girl

Amidst Colombia's La Guajira, Virginia strives to lead her community while reconciling ancestral heritage and Western influence as a law student, embarking on a transformative journey to Jepira's sacred realm guided by her dreams.

Mother

In the heart of the Darien forest, newly elected Embera indigenous governor Morelia must confront both male resistance to her leadership and the haunting echoes of her past.

Sandboy

José, a young indigenous man, is torn between leaving his community to study and get ahead, or staying in his tribe, protecting his culture and dedicating himself to traditional activities, including smuggling, and must make a decision that will mark his destiny.

The New Life

One elderly couple decides to seek assisted death because of the fear caused by the absence of the other. However, before ending their lives, they make a final visit to their village to say goodbye to their childhood friends.

Woodland Spirit

Adriana, a woman of Indigenous heritage and an advocate for ancestral medicine, believes that Yagé, the sacred plant, is trying to deliver a message that could transform her life. As she reconnects with her roots, she begins to ask: How can ancestral knowledge survive in a world that’s always changing? What does it mean to belong, to remember, to heal? In seeking these answers, she’s forced to confront her identity and redefine her purpose. What she discovers may reshape not only her own path, but the future of Indigenous legacy in the modern world.