Speaking only his native language a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado. A true story starring those who live it.
Winner: SXSW Special Jury Award
Winner: National Board of Review Student Award
Winner: NYU Graduate Film Wasserman/King Award
Palm Springs Shortsfest
Aspen Shortsfest
Hamptons International Film Festival
Busan International Short Film Festival
Cork International Film Festival
Mountainfilm
Made possible though the assistance of:
Jeff Lima Production Fund
Flies Collective Film Grant
Panavision New Filmmaker Program
KODAK Scholarship Program
NYU Graduate Film
Cast:
Yack Alux
Juan Marcos Gómez
Felipe Jorge
Pedro Lucas
Danilo Ordoñez
Pilinito
Sue Knechtel
Ethan Hale
Crew:
Writer and director – Max Walker Silverman
Writer – Marcos Ordoñez Ixwalanhkej Mendoza
Executive producer – Jeff Lima
Producers – Jesse Hope, Grant Hyun
Co-producers – Felipe Jorge, Lindsey Walker, Rick Silverman
Cinematographer – Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Production and costume design – Juliana Barreto Barreto
Editor – Ramzi Bashour
Music – Camilo Sanabria
Assistant director – Victoria Rivera
Assistant camera – Alvaro Jose Fuentes Nuñez
Location sound – Mandy Giampaolo
Production assistant – Emma Walker-Silverman
Supervising sound editor – Allan Zaleski
Color – Patrick DeVine
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