Synopsis
In Texas, on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba dance through long summer nights. Stuck in the immigration process in a politically divided America, home seems fragile. But their bond is not. The half-light is a space for poetry and dreams.
Director
Silvia's debut short film Ocean won a prize at the 2018 Laredo International Media & Film Festival. They have been a Firelight Documentary Fellow, BAVC MediaMaker Fellow, LEF/CIFF Fellow, Sundance/WIF Fellow, and an NBCU Original Voices Fellow. Estefanía has been a Firelight Documentary Fellow, Sundance/WIF Strategy Intensive Fellow, and an NBCU Original Voices Fellow. Hummingbirds is both their first film.
Latin American Premiere
Director - Directors
Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” ContrerasGuión - Screenplay
Productor - Producer
Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó , Diane Ng, Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth MedowMúsica - Music:
Estefanía "Beba" Contreras, Elijah Cruz, Brendan HoySonido - Sound:
Ana Rodríguez-Falcó, Jillian SchlesingerCinematografía - Cinematography:
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane NgEdición - Editor:
Isidore Bethel, Jillian SchlesingerIntérpretes - Cast
Maria Del Carmen Contreras, Blanca Contreras Solis, Bingo Ladies, Andrés Contreras, Jeffrey Louis Gutierrez Jr., Marissa Inés Castaños, El RasperoContacto - Contact
hummingbirdspelicula@gmail.com