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The story revolves around the sickness of Dona Julia’s daughter Maria. After a bad experience at the local hospital, she seeks cures through non-traditional medical care. When the potions that she administers fail to cure her daughter, she is persuaded to return the girl to the hospital where she is properly diagnosed and cured.
One move can change everything.
A group of rebels capture a political adversary. This adversary is a member of the House of Representatives, and he takes them to a dispute of whether to kill him or not.
A documentary on the process of production of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Frescoes and the murals' agitated social context during the years of the Great Depression. The documentary's remarkable archival montage explores the links between industrial labor, public art, and industrial cinema under the exigencies of Fordism.
A documentary that explores the story of Bachelor, Puerto Rico’s groundbreaking discotheque, which operated from 1975 to 1992 and defined an era in the island’s nightlife. Through the testimonies of figures such as Pablo Flores, Sonya Cortés, Choco Orta, and Barbara Herr, it revives a space that nurtured multiple trajectories in culture, art, and LGBTQ+ visibility in Puerto Rico.
“Entre las vias” follows the five year exploration of director Bryan Ferrer about the railway history of Puerto Rico. The documentary follows the original railway of the island, its decline and the modern Urban Train, a metro system designed for San Juan.
Documentary that encourages the public to participate in the general elections and the importance of the people's rights to exercise their vote.
A multi-generational family of outspoken Puerto Rican women takes center stage as they conceive and perform fantastical film vignettes as a way to navigate painful pasts in this visually-arresting, kaleidoscopic documentary.
This documentary follows a feminist group of women beekeepers on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Twenty years have passed since the U.S. Navy ceased using Vieques as a bombing range, yet the locals continue to endure the legacy of a military presence that brutally displaced the population and disrupted their connection to the land. Through an ethnographic lens, we accompany the women of “Colmena Cimarrona” (Maroon Beehive) over the course of a week as they work to revitalize the land through agriculture and beekeeping.
The story of a writer and a young painter who share a forbidden love in an intolerant society. Through glances, poetry, and secret encounters, they build a relationship marked by passion and fear. Years later, they reunite, but the painter is married, and their bond survives only through letters. When they finally plan to meet, fate intervenes tragically.
After losing his son, a prehistoric man finds a strange artifact that gives him visions of the future of humanity.
Short horror film directed by Fran Mendez.
One woman tries to kiss her crush but constantly gets interrupted by unforeseen events.
A woman tries to kill her husband because he won't sign the divorce papers.
A musical look at the invaluable contribution made by women to Puerto Rican music.
This documentary presents a sample of the musical education projects that respond to the educational, cultural, and community needs of our children and adolescents.
Keniel rushes to the ER after a bad trip on a THC edible, desperate for help. What follows is a long night in a chaotic waiting room full of unexpected characters and escalating tension.
A drug dealer finds himself in a hurry, after he forgot a delivery of cocaine to one of his most important clients.
A DIVEDCO film that is about the DIVEDCO program
A observational documentary about a gender reveal party through the eyes of the main guest.
How a distraction can unchain domino-effect consequences and affect the life of a number of people.
Filmed in the maximum security section of the State Penitentiary, Oso Blanco is the story of three individuals and their vision of freedom, and how prison life makes the characters take unexpected actions.
Portrays Puerto Ricans' reaction on the appointment of Jesús T. Piñero as the first Governor in the island.
After losing his job, a Michael Jackson impersonator drifts through lower Manhattan, reevaluating his career.
Special of the San Sebastián Street Festivals (La Sanse), 2021 virtual edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A young woman lives two different lives: an unassuming girl during the day and a seductive webcam girl at night. She's tried to keep her identities separate, but tonight might be when they finally come clashing together.
With the analysis of historians and political leaders, this documentary anecdotally explores the life of Juan Mari Brás through his own expressions and those of those close to him.
Gael visits their family in Puerto Rico at the height of summer, and soon meets Mateo, a handsome local who changes their life forever.
A filmmaker immerses herself in ancestral rituals and ceremonies, in hopes of discovering the connection between collective and individual healing.
Rhythms, Images, and Memories "Estampas de mi Tierra" celebrates the festive season in a house transformed into a stage, taking us on a journey through time with anecdotes, photographs, and songs. This musical and visual tour transports us to different corners and moments of Puerto Rico, evoking memories of yesterday and today. Salsa, merengue, pop, and other genres weave the story of this moving production.
The story of the Soto family, merchants from Río Piedras who, since the 1920s, built what we now know as Cabrera and how their effort, resilience, and entrepreneurial vision allowed them to survive the major changes and crises of the urban center.
Experimental film that presents the making of a book of Puerto Rican poetry, narrated in two voices. Through a combination of images of various fragments of the same physical book and immersive sound, the work captures the creative and artisanal process of this literary project.
The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots of Puerto Rico showing its topography, educationally inserting the island within a world-wide historical context and highlighting its agricultural and social landscape.
Based on the Puerto Rican comic "Doctor Cajco, El Hombre Insólito"
¿Pasteles? Is a surreal, cultural fever dream where one missed dish threatens the fabric of familial existence.
A girl is being followed by one of her friends... but no one believes her.
Short film directed by Angel M. Sanjurjo.
Short film directed by Christian Silva.
What's scarier than having a baby?
A serial killer terrorized its victim through cellphone texts.
Two friends investigate the mysterious disappearances of people who have vanished without a trace, searching for answers they unleashed their worst nightmare, with no chance to escape they struggle to survive.
A teenager who dreams of being a dancer is forced to confront her own desires with real life.
A Puerto Rican woman defends her family home from an American conglomerate that seeks to tear it down and build a hotel where it stands.
A boy in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico learns about the miracle of Baby Jesus.
An audiovisual reflection around the concept of growing, and the invisibilities and strengths that come with age for women. The project, conceptualized as a transmedia audiovisual experience, is nourished by reflections and comments of 12 women with different professional backgrounds and life experiences, between the ages of 49 and 83, who carry their heads with the natural color of their gray hair.
A Manhattan bus driver gets called in on his day off.
A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life. However, the journey is made more difficult, because the daughter cannot speak.
We Still Here introduces the incredible youth of Comerío, Puerto Rico navigating the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a disaster that brought an unprecedented level of devastation to an island already in an economic and political crisis.
A band of feminist warriors takes refuge in an abundant Puerto Rican landscape.
Living Along the Fenceline tells the stories of 7 remarkable women who live alongside U.S. military bases. They are teachers, organizers and healers, moved by love and respect for people and the land, and hope for the next generation. The film inspires hope and action through the power of ordinary women to resist militarism and create genuine security on their own terms.
Documentary short film about the history of discrimination and abuse against residents of hamlets (public housing) in Puerto Rico. (Produced for the University of Puerto Rico, 2018).
70% of the rum sold in the United States is produced in Puerto Rico. This 35-minute short film tours the island's distilleries and places of historial importance, highlighting the Puerto Rican rum industry. It has the participation of Puerto Rican music figures such as Kany García, El Gran Combo, Pedro Capó and Wisin.
Don Isidoro, better known as the “holy hand” of his people, shelters his grandson Pablo for a few days after he escaped from his home.
A publicist is searching for the perfect catchphrase for a #Boxers commercial, while experiencing a Freudian slip and a series of cyber entanglements in his last chance to discover his soulmate.
A young widower struggles to support his grandmother and his daughter after the devastation Hurricane Maria has caused them. He sets out to find clean water to help his family survive.