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Browse 39 movies from Chavón La Escuela de Diseño
A human figure synergizes with the light and questions its existence and society's expectations of it.
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A boy sends a letter to his mother telling his experience living in the capital
Nov 2023
Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's childhood experiences in her world of addiction to seek the redemption of the weight that her mother has loaded for 20 years and get both to forgiveness.
Jun 2024
More of an urban sonata than an urban symphony, the interior of a bus bears witness to moments of contemplation among passengers during a working day.
Jul 2018
Over time, Frangery’s relationship with her father has become distant, and without noticing that distance became bigger and bigger due to his illness. During her stay at her parents house, she goes to her only source of answers… her mother, to be able to understand her father's day-to-day life. In observing and sharing small moments with him, the answers take shape.
Jun 2022
An exploration of dominican naming dynamics through testimonies, interviews and introspection.
Documentary short film based on the private diary of Nayibe Tavares-Abel's great-grandmother from 1919. Includes stopmotion animation and a silent fiction film in 16mm.
Oct 2019
After a long shift in the forest, four fantastic fairies end their day at a bodega.
Dec 2025
In the machine-controlled city of Sistepolis, M225, a dissatisfied young programmer, is rescued during her commute to work by Niko, an ally of the resistance. Together, they escape to Geapolis, a free world where Gea, the leader of the resistance, guides them. Gea seeks the valuable assistance of M225 to overthrow Sistepolis and liberate its people. Now, M225 becomes the last hope to challenge the dominion of the machines and restore freedom in both worlds.
Marcia lives with her invalid husband, Tony, who constantly abuses her. Marcia's life takes a turn after she gains the power to perform miracles but refuses to heal Tony’s illness.
Jan 2019
It is a film essay that tries to tell the story of two people who communicate with some archival materials that they find in Santo Domingo at different times. One of the people belongs to that era of the archives, who now lives in a future where the city no longer exists. And the other, a person who has never heard of this city where his family is from.
Apr 2024
filmed in La Romana, República Dominicana in the year 2020.
May 2024
Due to the lack of memories of Samuel's childhood, an obsession was born to generate a film archive of short scenes, portraits of his loved ones and poetry in the city of Santo Domingo.
Mikael, a Haitian immigrant, lives with his mother in Boca Chica, he practices basketball every day with Yeison and other young people from the neighborhood, but one day when he returns from practice his mother has disappeared. The immigration police have taken his family in “la camiona” back to Haiti. Yeison decides to take Mikael into his home, but this brings family conflicts to Yeison's home.
Nov 2024
Mar 2023
the feeling of being trapped in a dreamlike world. A universe is created where reality and dreams intertwine in a mysterious dance.
Memories of a couple over the years and how their love transcends to create another life.
May 2025
Dec 2022