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Officially Selected for the Festival Season 

April 2025

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Director:

Elise Rodriguez

Producer:

Gisella Monclova, Mayra Verdejo

Writer:

Gisella Monclova

Selected for the following category(s)

Best Indie Short

After the loss of her husband, Luisa, a painter struggling with grief, retreats to Puerto Rico in search of inspiration but finds herself unable to create. Days pass in quiet repetition—waking, trying, failing—until a fleeting moment of instinct draws her into the path of Don Eugenio, an elderly man burdened by his own grief. Despite his failing sight and hearing, they build a quiet bond that grows in the rhythm of their weekly encounters.


Meanwhile, in a place she nearly forgot to look, she finds words from her past—words that reach her exactly when she needs them. A gentle reminder. A quiet push forward.


As Luisa rediscovers the beauty in small moments—the laughter of children, the rhythm of the plaza, the act of helping a stranger—she is drawn back to the canvas. But in the end, it is a final gift from Don Eugenio that reveals an unseen thread connecting their lives in ways she never imagined.

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