{"id":28341,"date":"2022-06-24T15:37:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/?page_id=28341"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:29:03","slug":"narrative-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/film-screenings\/narrative-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative Features (U.S. &#038; International)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid page-header-image vc_custom_1716304248774 vc_row-has-fill pofo-stretch-content pofo-stretch-row-container pofo-row-responsive-69d6ba2d24571\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth text-center md-text-center sm-text-center xs-text-center\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid page-title-small  vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-3 col-xs-mobile-fullwidth text-left md-text-left sm-text-center xs-text-center sm-display-inline-block xs-display-block pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d2474b\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_raw_html css=&#8221;&#8221;]JTNDaDElMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmFsdC1mb250JTIwdGV4dC1leHRyYS1kYXJrLWdyYXklMjBmb250LXdlaWdodC02MDAlMjBuby1tYXJnaW4tYm90dG9tJTIwcG9mby1wYWdlLXRpdGxlJTIwdGV4dC11cHBlcmNhc2UlMjIlM0VOYXJyYXRpdmUlMjBGZWF0dXJlcyUyMCUyOFUuUy4lMjAlMjYlMjBJbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsJTI5JTNDJTJGaDElM0U=[\/vc_raw_html]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-9 col-xs-mobile-fullwidth text-center md-text-center sm-text-center xs-text-center xs-display-block\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\"><p class=\"title-subhead-left\">A competitive section of feature-length films directed by, or written and produced by, persons of African descent. Selected films compete for Jury Awards, including the <em>Grand Jury Prize for Best US Narrative Feature, Directing Award<\/em> (Presented by Ally), <em>Screenwriting Award<\/em> (Presented by Amazon MGM Studios), and <em>Performance Award<\/em>. International films are eligible to compete for the <em>Grand Jury Prize for Best International Feature<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid  vc_custom_1775146358545 wow fadeIn vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container widget-nav vc_col-sm-3  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d24bf4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1716303192798\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_text_separator title=&#8221;FILM SCREENINGS&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_right&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775140726372{margin-bottom: 14px !important;padding-top: 13px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#27A1B8&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;film-screenings-sidebar&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-9  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d24caf\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1716303430836\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1614800985349\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"text-medium-gray text-small margin-5px-bottom alt-font heading-style4  vc_custom_1775140670304  heading-1\"  style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 600; color: #000000;\" data-fontsize=\"18px\" data-lineheight=\"23px\">Screening schedule will be announced April 27.<\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717517019717{margin-top: 32px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div id=\"outdoor-school\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d25126\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369742807\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">ATHENA A.I.<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 30m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39462&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159349660{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d2522b\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">In 2035, in a seemingly perfected America, an exclusive dinner party turns deadly when its co-host\u2014an unreleased A.I. named ATHENA\u2014hijacks the night and forces guests into a series of games they must survive rather than play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Corey Grant | Writers: Lanett Tachel, Brian Kelsey, Craig Motlong | Cast: Lanett Tachel, Redaric Williams, Marissa Shankar, Andrew J. Katers, Anjianna Grasso, Marvin Ryan, Stephen P. Nemphos<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"the-reject\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369594654\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Bust!<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 45m<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39461&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159177905{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">A former professional basketball player attempts a comeback through a fledgling sportswear company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Richie Kamtchoum | Writer: Richie Kamtchoum | Producers: Greg Oden, Sherwyn Santos, Danny April, Cindy Kamtchoum, Richie Kamtchoum, Monique Henry | Cast: Richie Kamtchoum, Casey Lawrence, Liam Harrington, Brittany Erica, DeJeanette Horne, Karen Smith, Richard Garifo, Bernard Clark<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717512112112{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div id=\"freight\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d2543a\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369759635\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">The Fridge<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 35m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39443&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775158391372{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">A tough, queer teenager (Marsai Martin) leaves Brooklyn for the first time to spend the summer with her estranged, struggling composer father (Courtney B. Vance) in Los Angeles. The two are forced to reconnect over a used refrigerator, that nearly upends and further strains their father-daughter relationship in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Solvan Slick Naim | Writers: Solvan Slick Naim, Lane Williamson | Producers: Datari Turner, Solvan Slick Naim, Marsai Martin, Jamie Foxx | Cast: Marsai Martin, Courtney B. Vance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"meta-take-one\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369771531\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Funny Feelings<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 38m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39460&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159120941{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d255f4\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">A decade after building a comedy empire on their electric &#8220;are-they-or-aren&#8217;t-they&#8221; chemistry, two performers are forced to confront their unresolved feelings when a career-defining special unravels their act\u2014and their truth\u2014on a viral stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Rhonda Baraka | Writer: Je&#8217;Don Holloway-Talley | Producers: Roderick McClure, Joshua Ferrell, Morgan McClure | Cast: Vena &#8220;Pretty Vee&#8221; Excell, Tristan &#8220;Mack&#8221; Wilds, Terri J. Vaughn, Pastor Mike McClure Jr, Etienne Maurice, Danielle LaRoach, Dasan Frazier, Chadwick Farley, Kinyumba Mutakabbir<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717512112112{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div id=\"the-fisherman\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d256a1\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369800464\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Garden of Silences<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">BRAZIL\/ITALY | 1h 33m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39459&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159053294{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">After years in Italy, Tu\u00e3, a Black oncologist, returns to Brazil to confront his family&#8217;s past marked by the dictatorship, navigating loss, silence, and memory in a journey of reconciliation and belonging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Henrique Dantas | Writer: Henrique Dantas | Producers: Henrique Dantas, Eliane Ferreira, Alessandro Borrelli | Cast: Fabr\u00edcio Boliveira, Helena Ignez, Luiz Pepeu, Federica De Benedittis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"the-rewrite\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369820190\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Homage<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 30m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39457&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159010958{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d258a4\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">A reformed street figure risks everything when he tries to help an old friend fresh out of prison only to discover that some debts don&#8217;t disappear, they come back to collect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Miles Mussenden | Writer: Dianne Diaz | Producers: Miles Mussenden, Samantha Van Sickle, Kristen Nothstein, Dianne Diaz | Cast: Miles Mussenden, Majah Hype, Nadirah Shakir-Ramseur, Kameron Washington, Noah Jay Wood, Mason Douglas, Jamal Morant, Julie Mango, Rueben Shaw, Adrian Epply, Jackson Che, Collin &#8216;Demarco&#8217; Edwards, Chad Darnell, Eric Dodson, Sencere Brown, Nyel Simmons, Jason Francisco Blue, Adrian &#8216;Negus Goodhall, Jose Diaz, Nebula Allison, Samantha Van Sickle, Rebekah Tadros, Robert Humphery, Maxel Amador, David, Schifter, EliseoArreola, Thomas Kempen III<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d258eb\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"view-trailer\"><a class=\"text-deep-pink\" href=\"#popmake-36307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Trailer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717512112112{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div id=\"love-brooklyn\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d259af\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369832903\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Hoop Street<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 30m | US PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39456&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775158973768{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">Barred from his high school basketball team due to his temper, a hot-head, street-baller battles demons from his past and present to earn a spot on a summer league team and his last shot at a college basketball scholarship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Princeton James | Writer: Teresa Dickerson | Producers: Meleisha Edwards, Teresa Dickerson, Jordan Danelz, Mark Williams | Cast: Benjamin Holmes; Jeremiah Roberts; Kenneth Farmer; Kathy Lofton; Jordan Danyel; Robrecus Parker<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"can-you-stand-the-rain\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369849428\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Lights Out<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">CAMEROON | 1h 26m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39453&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775158836617{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">Every memory is a clue or a curse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Enah Johnscott | Writers: Nfua Buh Melvin (Baba Prox) | Producers: Carista Asonganyi, Nfua Buh Melvin (Baba Prox) | Cast: Wale Ojo, Ngongang Elizabeth Wandji, Shaffy Bello, Syndy Emade, Libota MacDonald, Brenda Shey Elung, Sylvia-Bright, Irene Nangi, Mbang Joseph, Lina Ikechukwu, Byssoh Anne, Iya Lim<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d25bd6\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"view-trailer\"><a class=\"text-deep-pink\" href=\"#popmake-37388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Trailer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717512112112{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div id=\"love-offside\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d25c81\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369863774\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Montmartre<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA\/FRANCE | 103 min<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39455&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775158914276{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d25d38\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">Disillusioned with her disconnected life, JO visits the storied French district of MONTMARTRE, where she falls for TOUSSAINT, an eloquent tour guide, and their romance entwines Black history, art and love, reconnecting Jo to her long-lost passion for life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Leon Hendrix III | Writer: Leon Hendrix III | Producers: Leon Hendrix III, Ito Aghayere, Maurice D. Hendrix, Jill Officer | Cast: Jesse Williams, Ito Aghayere, Melanie Nicholls-King, Deborah Lukumuena, Firmine Richard<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d25d7f\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"view-trailer\"><a class=\"text-deep-pink\" href=\"#popmake-37207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Trailer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"the-secret-between-us\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369877102\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">93 \u2018til<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 59m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39463&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775159408770{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">Two struggling Philadelphia artists meet at a job fair and spend one perfect day falling in love\u2014no phones, no filters, just presence\u2014before a toxic ex and a violent robbery tear them apart, forcing them to search the city to find each other again and choose love despite uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Alterik Miller | Writer: Alterik Miller | Producers: Alterik Miller, Richard Lee Noel, Petey McGee, Alicia Turner, LaRoyce Hawkins and Sophia Lucia Parola | Cast: Petey McGee, Sophia Lucia Parola, LaRoyce Hawkins, Keith Arthur Bolden, Kris D. Lofton, Taryn Delanie Smith and Jason C. Louder<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717512112112{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid  vc_custom_1717517413076\"><div id=\"deadly-visitor\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-has-fill anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth pofo-column-responsive-69d6ba2d25f25\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369896718\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Otra<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">USA | 1h 50m | WORLD PREMIERE<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39452&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775158792757{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d26019\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"logline\">After a failed marriage proposal leaves him questioning love, Javier strikes a deal with his Guardian Angel to win back the woman of his dreams before his untimely death claims him for good \u2014 in this new-age, one-shot Latino musical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"film-credits\">Director: Armani Ortiz | Writer: Armani Ortiz | Producers: Asante White, Armani Ortiz, Deance Wyatt, Daniel Etzioni, Chike Ubu, Maurice Harkless | Cast: Rome Flynn, Mar\u00eda Gabriela De Far\u00eda, Flor Delis Alicea, Dania Ramirez, Aria Celeste Castillo, Armani Ortiz<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin pofo-text-block-responsive-69d6ba2d2605c\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><p class=\"view-trailer\"><a class=\"text-deep-pink\" href=\"#popmake-35734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Trailer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"late-night-creep\" class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container anchor vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1748369914566\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h2 class=\"filmtitle\">Seahorse<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><h4 class=\"running-time\">CANADA | 1h 24m<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;39450&#8243; 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Austin II | Writer: Denise Yol\u00e9n | Producers: Denise Yol\u00e9n, Joseph E. 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