¡Videos Musicales!

¡Videos Musicales! A music video showcase + party. Artists, directors, and producers have the opportunity to screen their music videos for a festival audience. Videos in competition are eligibile 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

Amuleto
Artist: Amantina
Video by: Nicolás Medina
Country: Colombia

Synopsis:

Un amor fuerte y fugaz donde se experimenta todas sus etapas, ”sin ti no podré vivir jamás” es la premisa con la que se desarrolla este video.

 

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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.

 

“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.

 

“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.

 

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”

 

“Fé Nas Maluca”
Artist: IZA feat. MC Carol)
Video by: Felipe Sassi
Country: Brazil

Synopsis: Em uma lenda urbana contemporânea, IZA interpreta a “Mulher de Pedra”, uma figura mítica que é explorada por um garimpeiro ganancioso, interpretado por Fábio Lago. Ao perceber a exploração, ela se une a MC Carol, que encarna uma justiceira inspirada em Xangô, orixá da justiça, para buscar vingança e libertação. Juntas, elas enfrentam a opressão masculina, simbolizando a força e a resistência das mulheres negras.

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

The song poses a very simple question “Why do we pursue love? Love can cause so much pain. What is it we are really after?
Director Oscar Donado’s concept is an explosion of color and emotion. Dice el director: “Queria que cada ilustración y animación amplificara la energía de la canción”.


In-Person

Vaquero Taquero

May 16

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