Escuela Nacional de Cine

A young woman faces the reality of living with her drug-addicted mother. Her world is shattered when she returns home and runs into the dealer who supplies her mother, forcing her to make the decision to confront the demons that consume her.

An old man travels to the city in search of a book. After a long journey, he returns to his town empty-handed and resumes his strange routine.

In the midst of gender transition, Verónica runs away from home in search of a new beginning and finds refuge with her cousin Alex. As she navigates her new life, actress Israel, who plays Verónica, faces her own personal journey during filming.

A quiet yet mischievous girl secretly admires her older cousin and, after slipping away from the younger kids, decides to spy on her in hopes of finding answers.

A young man tries to save his relationship with his father before their differences lead them into an abyss of no return.

A confectioner prepares the cake for a party to which she hopes to be invited.

Babi is about to move out without telling her mother. When she discovers the suitcase, it mysteriously disappears in the night.

Chiche is an ingenious and creative man who finds a strange rock, which he believes to be a fragment of a meteorite. Despite the little hope his family has in his projects, Chiche decides to bring it to an expert to determine its true origin.

On her first student film shoot, Camila, the director, discovers that her boyfriend, Miguel, an actor, is cheating on her with his co-star. Upon learning of the infidelity, Camila questions her relationship with Miguel and her passion for filmmaking.

After her grandmother's death at the hands of COVID, Lola becomes increasingly desperate and decides to hide her body at home to prevent it from being taken away.

A Venezuelan city is emptying. A labor less priest struggles with a sonic sleep disorder while trying to safe-keep his meek buffalo from being taken. As the intentions of the remaining ones become more desperate, the priest’s malaise becomes more alive.

Carolina, makeup the corpse of a man, thus she enters a trance that allows him to maintain his composure in the face of pain while continues the routine.

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.

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.

A greengrocer tries to save the radio device that kept him company for most of his life. His pilgrimage through the streets in search of a solution confronts him with a city that has resigned itself to the disappearance of life forms and the loss of scenes from the past in memory.

Two brothers enter the immensity of a mountain to search for their lost father.

Locked in home during a blackout, mother and daughter argue in front of a candle flame. One holds on to the past, the other worries about the future. The melody of a song protects them from the shadows waiting in the dark, as they prepare to face an important decision that could change their lives.

A young filmmaker explores his parents' frayed relationship through old archive videos, poems and songs, as they prepare for the sale of their old family home in Guatire and their impending separation.

A young man with personality problems abandons his only friend when he connects romantically with someone.