World Premiere
After shaking off a fall, a skater with an injured arm passes by a figure whose gaze penetrates the wound.
Ruth Ramos
Mexico
2026
No Dialogue
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Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
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Credits & Director
Producer
Josué Eber Morales, Efraín Mojica, Diandra Arriaga
Screenwriter
Diandra Arriaga
Cinematography
Josué Eber Morales
Editor
Diandra Arriaga
Diandra Arriaga
Diandra Arriaga is a Mexican filmmaker and producer who focuses on experimental video and non-linear narratives. Her short films as a director, An Exemplary Punk (2023) and I Destroy the Tools of My Captivity (2025), have screened at festivals such as FICUNAM, Guanajuato, Mar del Plata, Beijing, Marienbad, Uppsala, and Lago, among others. She is currently developing her first feature film as a director, La Maquinaria.
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