Comadre

A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate.

Born into the Chinese community in Costa Rica, filmmaker Nicole Chi Amén was never able to communicate with her grandmother Guián, who couldn’t speak Spanish. After her death, Nicole heads to China to rediscover her roots. The result is a sublime cinematic travelogue in which sensuous shots capture the essence of a place, in spite of linguistic differences.

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

On the night of Setsubun, the Japanese celebration to welcome spring and drive away evil spirits, a young boy and his father have a disturbing encounter at the local grocery store, blurring the lines between myth and reality.

Resistance brews among the Indian immigrants who were stripped of their dignity when a reputed shipyard in Texas conscripted them as guest workers to repair the oil rigs and ships damaged after Hurricane Katrina.

13-year-old Laura feels adrift in her newly stitched-together family. Just as the forests and endless palm plantations begin to feel like home, she uncovers a lurking secret that threatens the women she holds close.

Tomás misses his dad. And death, paternity, love… these concepts are mysteries that Tomás, a catholic priest, would like his father to explain him. That's why he constantly visits his tomb with hope of hearing a truth.