TRAVELING EDITION
This program presents a diverse collection of short films from Venezuela that explore the country’s contemporary realities, cultural richness, and human spirit. Through fiction and documentary storytelling, the films examine themes of resilience, family, identity, social challenges, and hope.
SHORTWAVE: Venezuelan Short Films
Thursday Oct 29th, 2026
8pm – showtime
Silverspot Cinema Coconut Creek
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All films are rated R and non-English language films include English subtitles.
FEATURED SHORTS
La Soja – Directed by: Gabriel Eduardo Lacruz Salas – Fiction – 17 min – Venezuela
In the Venezuelan highlands, a pregnant Mercedes—fed up with her drunken husband—decides to take her two children and head down the dusty road toward freedom.
Directed by: Alfredo Hueck – Fiction – 11:26 min – Venezuela
Caracas is known worldwide for many things, but few realize that one of its citizens’ greatest daily traumas is simply finding a parking spot. A couple takes the risk and puts their relationship to the test in the city’s chaotic streets.
Directed by: Gustavo Rondón Fiction – 14 min – Venezuela
Ramiro, a fisherman, wants to teach his craft to his 8‑year‑old son, Jonah. But Jonah has been acting strangely terrified of something lurking in the bushes behind their home.
Directed by: Daniel Ruiz Hueck – Documentary – 10 min – Venezuela
In this lively documentary, traffic in Caracas is petrifying—considered by experts around the globe, and by exhausted citizens, to be a source of extreme and often fatal stress.
Directed by: Alex Mendez – Fiction – 7:08 min – Venezuela
Through a downpour in the middle of the night, a couple travels a deserted highway. Unexpectedly, the headlights of their car illuminate what appears to be a crime scene: a man is dragging a body on the asphalt.
Directed by: Juan Luis Fermín – Fiction – 11 min – Venezuela
An incompetent police officer uses the so‑called “1/92 law” as a pretext to mistreat two women who arrive at the station to file charges and report a rape.