¡Videos Musicales!

¡Videos Musicales! A music video competition + party. Artists, directors, and producers have the opportunity to screen their music videos for a Jury and Audience award which includes a cash prize! This program is a unique opportunity to see the latest and best of Latinx, Latin America, Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous of the Americas creativity, style, and sound.

 

 

COMPETITION

 

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Artist: akriila y condy
Video by: Loretta Castelletto
Country: Chile

Synopsis: Condy, a geeky girl, enters a video game and finds herself in a virtual fantasy world. On her journey, she meets Akriila, a character who guides her through this universe.

 

“Waiting”
Artist: The Altons
Video by: Tristan Marley Lai & Cesar Cervantes
Country: United States

Synopsis: A young Latinx couple dates against their parents wishes. The couple is struck and killed by cupid’s arrows, where they are finally able to dance together in the afterlife.

 

“Rojo Rubí” (Rompiendo La Cadera)
Artist: Letón Pé
Video by: Eric Álvarez
Country: Dominican Republic

Synopsis: A song that excites and invokes pleasure, subtlety, and roughness at the same time. With a hypnotic music video that highlights a battle between two bodies through dance and sensuality.

 

 

“Sin Preguntar” (Without Asking)
Artist: Precious Perez
Video by: María Paula Monge Espinoza
Country: Costa Rica

Synopsis: A music video for Precious Perez’s single. Precious is a blind latina woman who calls herself “la reggeatonera ciega” or the blind reggaetonera. This song and music video is all about coming out of your shell, gaining confidence and enjoying yourself, and about how empowering spending time with your girlfriends can be.

 

Sígueme
Artist: Xiuhtezcatl y Renata Flores
Video by: Juan Felipe Zuleta
Country: Mexico, Peru

Synopsis: “Quiero regresar a donde somos… sígueme sígueme a donde vamos… voy caminando… hasta que el mundo escucha”

 

YANGA
Artist: Sonido Gallo Negro feat. Sylvie Henry
Video by: Amaury Barrera, Audrey del Piccolo
Country: Mexico

Synopsis: In “Yanga,” a young woman embarks on a transformative journey along the Oaxacan coast, where the boundaries between dreams and reality blur. As she navigates her personal landscape of pain and loss, she discovers a vibrant ritualistic world that intertwines her experiences with the legacy of Yanga, the first liberator of African slaves in Mexico and America.

 

 

FESTIVAL SELECTION

 

In Tent Cities
Artist: Eterno Scroll
Video by: Wox Rincones
Country: United States

Synopsis: A homeless man finds a magical VR viewfinder that transports him into a vibrant digital world as a beloved street dog, offering an escape from his harsh reality. After crashing a virtual show, he dances wildly until collapsing, leaving the device—and his fate—to pass into another’s hands, trapped between wonder and desolation.

 

La 6
Artist: Como Las Movies
Video by: Oscar Donado
Country: United States

 


In-Person

Vaquero Taquero

May 16

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