Francisca Alegría
History
Francisca Alegría was born and raised in Chile. She holds an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University. Alegría’s short film And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Short Film Jury Award. Alegría was a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs.
Screenplay
When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena’s presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.
Director
When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena’s presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.
Screenplay
In a dystopian future, Ramona, a Guatemalan mother who has lived in the United States for years, must escape before being placed in a concentration camp. In order to save her young son, she will have to make the most difficult decision of her life. Ironically, the only person who can help her is a white American man.
Director
In a dystopian future, Ramona, a Guatemalan mother who has lived in the United States for years, must escape before being placed in a concentration camp. In order to save her young son, she will have to make the most difficult decision of her life. Ironically, the only person who can help her is a white American man.
Editor
Emeteria is visited by a ghost she believes has come to take her to the afterlife. But he has more devastating news.
Screenplay
Emeteria is visited by a ghost she believes has come to take her to the afterlife. But he has more devastating news.
Director
Emeteria is visited by a ghost she believes has come to take her to the afterlife. But he has more devastating news.
Screenplay
In the middle of a blackout, the night before his father's funeral, Felipe arrives at his mother's house after a nine-year absence. There he waits with his sister, his aunt and the maid, with a dinner made especially for him. Although Felipe only is coming for a short time, his mother and sister will draw him back to the house he once left.
Director
In the middle of a blackout, the night before his father's funeral, Felipe arrives at his mother's house after a nine-year absence. There he waits with his sister, his aunt and the maid, with a dinner made especially for him. Although Felipe only is coming for a short time, his mother and sister will draw him back to the house he once left.
Director
The film is an adaptation on the play The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca. The story modernizes the play by setting it on the outskirts of Miami. After the death of her husband, Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigorous, traditional mourning
