Program

In a tropical-punk twist on Dante’s Inferno, misfits converge at Babel, a nightclub-purgatory ruled by La Flaca—Death herself. As his contract with La Flaca ends, Dante begins to recover memories of his life and joins Monet, a ghost desperate to return to his body before it decomposes. Jacob prepares for his drag debut while hiding the truth from devout parents. Timbí descends into hell to save his father, joined by Uma, a gypsy gambling for her daughter’s life. Narrated by a devil and a fallen angel, their stories intertwine at Babel, where the living and the dead collide for one unforgettable night.

In a tight-knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico hustles through the summer selling bootleg “nutcracker” cocktails and chasing girls without a care. But when his girlfriend Destiny starts crashing at his family’s apartment, their messy, complicated young love turns the cramped space into a powder keg. It’s only a matter of time before the party ends and reality hits. Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with street-cast talent to deliver a raw, slice-of-life portrait full of humor, grit, and the chaotic charm of growing up fast in a city that waits for no one.