Dominican in the Diaspora Short Film Official Competition Block 3

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Overview
Mixed Gaze: Discover short films by Dominican voices in the diaspora, exploring identity, belonging, and life between cultures.

International Premiere
Q & A directors & producers

Doing the Johnny Pacheco

During the Covid pandemic, Miguel unexpectedly bumps into Jimmy, whom he hasn't seen in years, at a train station.

Director: Antonio de la Cruz

Here For The Event

A group of strangers, each expecting a different event, arrive at a community center—only for their clashing expectations and language barriers to spiral into chaos, sending them on an absurd quest to figure out who’s right, what’s real, and if they were ever meant to be there at all.

Director: Yudelka Heyer

A Street Named Mercado

A Brooklyn street is renamed in honor of Ralph Mercado, founder of RMM Records and a visionary who transformed Latin music. Through the dedication ceremony and intimate testimonies, the film celebrates his journey, his influence on salsa, and the community that shaped his enduring cultural legacy.

Director: Vergi Rodriguez

La Señal

La Señal (The Signal) follows a young woman in a coastal town who begins receiving a mysterious radio transmission that disrupts her sense of time, memory, and reality. As the signal intensifies, she must decide whether it is a warning, a calling, or something far more unsettling.

Director: Juno Harris

Le Teme A su Regreso

Jessica Noelia, a successful businesswoman who believes deeply in true love, is happy with Santiago Ezequiel. But her obsessive ex, Cristhian Saulo, begins stalking her, turning her life into a nightmare. Trapped between love and fear, Jessica must confront the past before it destroys the future she has built.

Director: Orlando Cáceres Calderón

Mejor Sola

A couple on holiday discovers where the source of their discontent lies after day drinking in the heat and an unexpected text from back home divulges into an argument and separate nights out. Their secret truths are revealed with the sunrise.

Director: Gabriella Athena Moses