📣 New date alert! Due to rain forecast, VIDAS VIBRANTES has been rescheduled to Wednesday, June 17.

Vidas Vibrantes: Shorts en Español

A vibrant collection of Spanish-language shorts exploring adolescence and desire, strained relationships, and the blurred line between lived experience and inherited myth.

Vidas Vibrantes: Shorts en Español is part of World Cinema Nights, a program of the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, co-presented and co-curated with Rooftop Films.

The film will screen on the Myrtle Lawn. The lawn will open at 7pm and the film will start at sunset. English subtitles will be provided.

RSVP here! Seating is first come, first served. We encourage you to bring a yoga mat, picnic blanket, or foldable chair for seating.

The Short Film lineup:

La Mayordomía

Martin Edralin | Canada | 23

In Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, families take turns caring for Baby Jesus icons – some dating to the 16th century – at home for one-year terms. The stewardship is believed to bring miracles and good fortune, prompting people to wait decades for the opportunity.

Loquita Por Ti (Crazy For You)

Greta Diaz Moreau | US, Spain | 19

Rural Spain, Y2K. Alma is 16 and desperate to be seen—especially by heartthrob José. Overlooked by everyone, she finds an unexpected guide in a strange, staring cow that draws her toward something deeper than the attention she craves.

Passarinho

Natalia García Agraz | Mexico | 10

Two teenage girls try to meet their favorite soccer player, but the plan is threatened when one of them gets her first period.

Someday the night will come

Chica Barbosa | US | 15

In Yucatán, Virginio confronts his family's dark legacy and the mythical Xtabay, seeking peace and dignity before she claims him.