Mireyita

When the alternative rock band Los Pijamistas agrees to play at Suena Caracas 2016, a propaganda festival organized by the Nicolás Maduro regime, the patience of guitarist and singer Andrés Bravo reaches a limit. He leaves the band and starts his solo project from scratch. The severe symptoms of the crisis and an alienated environment will break his armor. However, he will not be alone: The Beasts, two masked and mysterious beings, will accompany him along the way.

After his wife’s death, a man is interrogated by the State. Returning to a dystopic, totalitarian life, he weighs stifling his grief against leaving it all behind. A call leads an official to help him find his beloved.

In the totalitarian Venezuela, Andrea, a teenager, heavily argues with her mother and runs away to the beach with her boyfriend Juan, a man 15 years older than her. Between jokes, rogueries and booze, the fun trip starts to grow violently as the waves bring her home.

In the midst of the devastating drought of 1912 on the Paraguaná Peninsula, two young people, Vicenta and Paito, find themselves in a moment of loss and hope, and decide to undertake a dangerous journey to Coro, facing thirst, hunger and death in their search for a better future.

After four years without visiting her homeland, Orangel returns to record the places of her memories: her grandparents' house, her deceased great-aunt's house, her childhood best friend's house, and the bay. What is not precarious is uninhabited or broken, like her childhood photos and those of her deceased mother, objects that she takes with her.

A delirious Balloon Vendor sings "Happy Birthday" to his peculiar companion. Upon discovering that she is hiding the balloons he intends to give her, he questions whether their connection is genuine affection or an escape from reality.

Victoria (25) can’t recall her mother’s face. She hunts her through the remnants left in their home. She migrated five years ago, and her belongings have deteriorated and broken since she’s gone. Victoria tries to connect with the image of her mother throughout the house until she finally contemplates her company in memory.

After accepting an invitation to the beach, Ana is confronted by the memory of her broken friendship with Alma. There, hidden mysteries lead her on a journey of emotional healing, acceptance, and reconnection.

Five stories, five perspectives on the same emotional territory called “country.” A Cuban actress tries to make her way in Chile; two women reunite after decades and confront the passing of time; another survives in solitude while facing her fears; a father and son seek reconciliation amid old wounds; and a birth turns into a desperate race for life. Five intertwined stories—small tales of love, loss, and hope—forming an intimate mosaic about identity, belonging, and the search for a place in the world.