TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA

(AL OESTE, EN ZAPATA)

Directed by David Bim
2025 | Cuba, Spain | 75 minutes
Spanish with English subtitles

Official Selection | Regional Premiere

Thursday, April 9, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | The Hollywood Theatre

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Landi is a father who secretly camps in the marshlands of Zapata, Cuba, where he hunts crocodiles with his hands to feed his family. The radio reports hundreds of daily deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic and strong social tensions in the country. On the coast, his wife Mercedes searches for charcoal to cook and takes care of their son, who lives with severe autism. Days go by, and Mercedes becomes impatient. Landi should have returned by now, and there is no news of him. She fears something has happened to him, but she cannot say anything and risk giving away the details of their survival in the marshlands.

Screening with:

THE LAST ISLAND

Directed by Tobias Hansson
2025 | Sweden and Japan | 15 minutes
Japanese with English subtitles

Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | USA Premiere

On the far edge of the world lies an island where myth and reality merge. Waves carve the shoreline, voices of ancestors linger in the wind, and life follows a rhythm older than time. THE LAST ISLAND is a meditative journey into solitude, memory, and the importance of living simply so that the world may simply live.