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La Mesa

Experimental exploration of memory, identity and queer desire. It recreates fragmented and romanticised stories of a childhood in rural Mexico as told by the filmmaker’s father. These disjointed vignettes are interwoven with queered reenactments of scenes from popular culture. The filmmaker casts himself in the old Mexican films and American Westerns he grew up watching with his family in California. He appears as the romantic lead opposite the male actors, including Pedro Infante, Mexican national hero and the filmmaker’s childhood crush. By centring queer desire in his family’s history, Garcia Gomez validates his childhood experiences while challenging popular representations of masculinity as well as traditional notions of power and vulnerability.

La Mesa

NR 2018
Fighting Pablo

A young artist is working on a portrait when an unexpected moment of frustration and doubt shatters his inspiration. Distracted by his own curiosity, he suddenly finds himself engulfed by a grand parade. Buzzing characters spirited from contemporary pop-culture and art-history crystallize out of the air. Unable to resist the charismatic pull of this vast and grotesque world, he joins in on an exploration through his own colorful ambitions. But when Pablo Picasso's terrific charisma ends up threatening everything he holds dear, he learns to push back in order to find his own voice.

Fighting Pablo

NR 2018
Stitch

Harry attends an interview, full of optimism that he will walk out with the financial benefits that enable to him to live a sustainable life. But the cold bureaucracy, and the unsympathetic individuals behind it, prove impossible to navigate. To escape his horrific situation, Harry finds himself retreating into his imagination – a softer world, full of wool and crochet. Stitch is an animated short film which highlights the need for change in the way we treat those with illnesses and disabilities in the UK.

Stitch

NR 2018