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Director: Lionel Desai
USA, 2016, Drama
62 min
English with some Spanish- subtitled

Shown with short film: Dogs & Tacos

Guests from both short & feature film slated to attend.

During one fateful summer in San Francisco’s Mission district, Richy is forced to deal with his mother’s deportation and prepare for his First Holy Communion as a Catholic while living with a caring adoptive family whose young son becomes Richy’s closest friend and support.

Durante un verano en el distrito Mission de San Francisco , Richy se ve obligado a hacer frente a la deportación de su madre y prepararse para la Primera Comunión, como católico , mientras que vivir con una familia adoptiva acojedora cuyo hijo chico se convierte en amigo y apoyo cercano de Richy .

About DOGS & TACOS
Director: Steve Bachrach
2016, USA, 17 minutes
High school junior Alma Pantaleon arrives at her after-school work shift at a local South-Central Los Angeles taquería. Instead of tacos-and-burritos-as-usual, things get complicated when she finds herself stuck baby-sitting a former boyfriend’s 13 year-old kid brother, who’s no longer the ‘sweet little boy’ she remembers.

Shorts by California filmmakers including Bay Area. A combination of seasoned and emerging talent. Several filmmakers have had their work with CMSF in past seasons.

Cross
Dir. Gerardo Maravilla
2015,USA, 10 mins – Action/Drama

As a sick mother nods off to sleep, her teenage son anxiously sits with his new role as the familys breadwinner. Rather than spend his night with a girl or at a house party, he sneaks out to handle the thick stack of medical bills. Salvador, his co-worker leads him into the dark arena of backyard boxing where hes set to face off against a fighter almost twice his size.

Stay
Dir.Andres Gallegos
2016, USA, 6 mins- Drama
Driven to reconstitute his past, an aging man searches for his most precious memory.

El Doctor
Dir. Heather de Michelle Writer: Jude Roth
2015, USA, 11 mins, Drama
In an Arizona Home Depot parking lot, a married couple – ‘Andrew’ and ‘Jen’  hires undocumented day laborer ‘Carlos’ and his buddy to repair their deck. As Carlos washes up in the familys bathroom, 7-yr-old ‘Jonah interrupts him. A tragedy of errors puts Carloss and Andrews lives at risk, leaving everyone caught between their individual consciences and the law.

Mexican Cuisine
Dir. Fran Guijarro
2015, USA, 5 mins, Doc

Peek into the kitchen of most restaurants- Mexican or otherwise- chances are there’s a Mexican staff.

Through The Wall
Dir. Tim Nackashi
2015, USA/Mexico, 6 mins
A short documentary about a family divided by the US/Mexico border. Uriel, Abril and Julián must cross difficult terrain to reach the border fence where they spend time together through the wall.

Diablo / Devil
Dir. Paula Sozzi Saslow
2015, USA, 21 mins
Somewhere in Northern California, a construction worker finds a large sum of money while excavating a job site but when he learns that it is blood money from a drug lord, he decides to take justice into his own hands with unexpected consequences.

Dogs & Tacos
Dir.Steve Bachrach
2016, USA, 17 mins.
High school junior Alma Pantaleon arrives at her after-school work shift at a local South-Central Los Angeles taquería. Instead of tacos-and-burritos-as-usual, things get complicated when she finds herself stuck baby-sitting a former boyfriend’s 13 year-old kid brother, who’s no longer the ‘sweet little boy’ she remembers.

Libertad
Dir. Brenda Avila-Hann
2016, USA, 9 mins.
Profile on a young trans woman in Santa Cruz via Oaxaca.

spirit of Fallen Artists
Dir. Claudia Escobar
2016, USA, 6 mins.
Oakland artist painting a mural who was killed lives on in his work and the memor of those who knew and worked with him.