Hummingbirds

2023 | Color | 77:00

In Laredo, a Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the summer nights of youth can’t last forever. Stuck in an immigration process with deportation as a constant threat, home feels like a fragile concept. Together—between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands—they confront the stresses of survival, community-building, and the future.

Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Contreras; Estefanía, Castaños; Silvia Del Carmen
Script: del Carmen Castaños; Silvia, Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”
Production: Schlesinger; Jillian, Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Benavides; Leslie, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Ng; Diane, Medow; Rivkah Beth
Photography: Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Ng; Diane
Sound: Dupre; Danielle, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Schlesinger; Jillian, Vela; Charlie, McVinnie; Matt
Music: Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”, Cruz; Elijah, Hoy; Brendan
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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