Narrative Shorts Competition 2026

Name: Narrative Shorts Competition 2026
Start: 2026-05-15
End: 2026-05-15
Location: AFS Cinema THEATER #2

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From the jungles of Guatemala to the borderlands of the US Southwest, this year's Narrative Shorts Competition gathers fiction filmmakers who prove that the short form is anything but small. These are complete worlds, told with intention and precision: love, loss, resistance, and the everyday courage of ordinary people.

In-Person

AFS Cinema THEATER #2

May 15

La Estrella
Directed by Gabriela Díaz Arp
United States

A tender portrait of a tight-knit Mexican American family grappling with the entrance of fentanyl into their community.

Astronauta
Directed by Giorgio Giampà
Italy, Mexico, Guatemala, France

Audely, 39, works as a lumberjack in the Guatemalan jungle. At home, his daughter Carol, 11, dreams of entering that same forest. Audely thinks about it, then goes to the moon.

Prazer, Estela (My Pleasure, Estela)
Directed by Mauro Baptistella
Brazil

Estela goes out for a revealing walk to the market and there, like a daydream, she meets the lustful gaze of the butcher Adamastor.

Domingo familiar (Family Sunday)
Directed by Gerardo Del Razo
Mexico

In a forgotten housing unit in Mexico City, two scheming scoundrels attempt to extort local merchants, but the fed-up neighbors band together to fight back against their relentless abuses.

El Mandado (The Favour)
Directed by Ingrid Paola Bonilla Rodriguez
Colombia