Season 3 Official Selections and Honorable Mentions Announced

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The Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival proudly announces 99 Selections for Season 3, chosen from nearly 200 submissions received worldwide.

Films representing 25+ countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia

Categories: Features, Documentary Features, Documentary Shorts, Narrative Shorts, Animation, Music Videos, Screenplays

ALL Official Selections remain eligible for the annual awards.

Feature Films (6 Official Selections)

Audience — dir. Tom Miller (United States), Feature, 65 min
Public Phone — dir. Mois Roditi Haydenblit (Mexico), Feature, 77 min
Welcome To Vegas — dir. Hae Sun Hong (United States / Korea), Feature, 82 min
The Dog, My Father And Us. — dir. Pablo Arturo Suárez (Ecuador), Feature, 90 min
Piggy Duster — dir. Jesse Stewart (United States), Feature, 91 min
The Color Of Exile — dir. Azlarabe Alaoui (France), Feature, 98 min

Documentary Features (11 Official Selections)

Mutation — dir. Carlo Ayhllón (Mexico), Doc Feature, 60 min
Over The Moon: My Adventures Dealing With Cults — dir. Michael A. Smith & Ted E Haynes, (United States), Doc Feature, 66 min
Jailhouse To Milhouse — dir. Buddy Farmer (United States), Doc Feature, 67 min
Flowers Beyond The Dark — dir. Iryna Pravylo (Ukraine), Doc Feature, 78 min
Shield. The Living Wall Of The Caribbean — dir. Mario Cuesta Hernando (Spain / United States / Mexico / Panama / Puerto Rico), Doc Feature, 80 min
Class Of Her Own — dir. Boaz Dvir (United States), Doc Feature, 87 min
Leaving Beringia — dir. Barbara Hager (Canada / United States / Mexico), Doc Feature, 90 min
Sargassum — dir. Claude Barnes (Canada / United States / Barbados / Mexico), Doc Feature, 90 min
The Unfixing — dir. Nicole Betancourt (Spain / United States), Doc Feature, 87 min
Big Mama Thornton: I Can't Be Anyone But Me — dir. Robert Clem (United States), Doc Feature, 88 min
The Reencounter. 500 Years Moctezuma And Cortés — dir. Miguel Gleason (Mexico), Doc Feature, 100 min

Documentary Shorts (7 Official Selections)

This Is How The Mexican Revolution Began — dir. Nurh Elizabeth Trejo Aguilar (Mexico), Doc Short, 6 min
Adas Falasteen — dir. Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini & Samar Taher Lulu (Palestine), Doc Short, 8 min
Dayton Guitars — dir. D. Emmet Wilson (United States), Doc Short, 17 min
Hanging The Dead — dir. Rahul Dholakia (India), Doc Short, 29 min
Zubr — dir. Giles Pitman (United Kingdom), Doc Short, 30 min
Acre Wall Jumpers — dir. Donna Hacohen & Fira (Israel), Doc Short, 56 min
Food Roots — dir. Michele Josue (United States), Doc Short, 60 min

Narrative Shorts (29 Official Selections)

The Ale — dir. Adrian Eppel (Australia), Short, 2 min
PeriPerseu — dir. Stella Brajterman (Brazil), Short, 5 min
The Shell — dir. Marco Santos (Portugal), Short, 7 min
Gum — dir. Belal Albader (Saudi Arabia), Short, 10 min
Cats — dir. Danilo Stanimirović (Serbia / Switzerland), Short, 10 min
Homicide — dir. Nima Tabandeh (Iran), Short, 10 min
Parasomnia — dir. Daniel Noblom Gibert (Spain), Short, 11 min
The Life Of Dae-Vee Six — dir. JD McWilliams (United States), Short, 11 min
Aloof — dir. Dylan Vega Aragon (Mexico), Short, 12 min
Invaders Of The Valley Saloon — dir. Dustin Tidwell (United States), Short, 12 min
Orange Cove — dir. John Lockmer (United States), Short, 12 min
Somber Tides — dir. Chantal Caron (Canada), Short, 12 min
El Búnker — dir. Rodrigo Gil Becerra & Bruno Leal Herrera (Mexico), Short, 14 min
Roads To Heaven — dir. Erik Y. Montiel (Mexico), Short, 15 min
To Fly — dir. Mohsen Khademi (Iran), Short, 16 min
Hide — dir. Brenden Hubbard (United States), Short, 17 min
The Magician — dir. Mathieu Gauvreau (Canada), Short, 19 min
Diego Velazquez: A Body Of Work — dir. Walter E. Haussner (United States), Short, 20 min
Dreamer — dir. Juan Javier “Javo” Aguirre (United States), Short, 20 min
Healer — dir. Armando Arenas (Mexico), Short, 20 min
Vas Mar — dir. Nima Tabandeh (Iran), Short, 20 min
It's About Time — dir. Dan Hertzog (United States), Short, 21 min
Man Eater — dir. Alexander Whitrow (Australia), Short, 25 min
Night Shift At Ned's — dir. Hagen Mattingly (United States), Short, 25 min
The Rivals — dir. Fraser James MacLeod (Sweden), Short, 25 min
The Reach — dir. Luca Caserta (Italy), Short, 28 min
The Space Between Attack And Decay — dir. Jessica Kourkounis (United States), Short, 29 min
Xpendable — dir. Walter E. Haussner (United States), Short, 30 min
Dream Man — dir. Harald Takke & Steven Takke (Germany), Short, 30 min

Animation (15 Official Selections)

The Future With Us — dir. Ziping Yu (China), Animation, 2 min
Olympus Plays On — dir. Rodyz Art (Belgium), Animation, 5 min
Cell Buddies — dir. Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas (Netherlands), Animation, 6 min
The Mythological Serpent — dir. Miguel Gleason (Mexico), Animation, 3 min
Underneath — dir. Matthew James Bissett-Johnson (Australia), Animation, 3 min
Miami Creek, C. 1350 — dir. Walter Bender (United States), Animation / Music Video, 5 min
The Amazing Kitsuverse — dir. Leo Neumann (Germany), Animation, 6 min
Superschoolers 2. A Healthy Mind — dir. Íñigo Echávarri (Spain), Animation, 6 min
Prayer Of The Sea — dir. Martin Gerigk (Germany), Animation, 7 min
The Family Photo — dir. John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez (United States), Animation, 9 min
Little Wings — dir. Kyu Dong Min (South Korea), Animation, 7 min
The Series 10K — dir. Dan Hertzog (United States), Animation, 7 min
Elias Ai — dir. Marco Casado (Mexico), Animation, 11 min
The Little Ancestor — dir. Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur (Canada), Animation, 12 min
Deadline — dir. Idan Gilboa (Israel), Animation, 15 min

Music Videos (10 Official Selections)

Darling Dark – Ma Mort — dir. Ju Conci (Brazil), Music Video, 3 min
“Got That Holy Spirit” — dir. Ayanda Andiy Nxum (Australia), Music Video, 3 min
Searching For That Sea — dir. Xavier Guàrdia (Spain), Music Video, 4 min
Ahorita — dir. Simone Coppo (Italy), Music Video, 4 min
Heart Failed — dir. Diana Näcke (Germany), Music Video, 4 min
Little Darling — dir. Xavier Guàrdia (Spain), Music Video, 4 min
Fight For Me — dir. Juanfer Andres (Spain), Music Video, 4 min
Darling Dark – Time Still Breaks — dir. Ju Conci (Brazil), Music Video, 4 min
Blue Moanin' — dir. Allen Brooks (United States), Music Video, 5 min
A Touch of Clash — dir. Moe Taylor (United States), Music Video, 7 min

Screenplay Selections (15)

A Taste for Lunacy — Andrew JP Carroll
Bloodroot Reserve — Kerra Bolton
Lucky? — Tom E. Nicholson
Midnite's Journey — Beverly Horvath, Dana L. Silkiss
Modern Frankenstein — Gabriel Jeanne
Moon Players — Valerie Green
Notas Del Cielo — Manuel Antonio Cantu
Red Hands, a Mary MacIntosh Novel — Maureen Anne Meehan
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script) — Maxwell Highsmith
Silent Sundays — David Michael Glahn
Silver Moon — Lex Sverre Levin
The Magic King — John Norris Ray
Theater 8 — John P. Martinez
Unleashed Defiance — Val Goldenbrook
When the Veils Dance — Tayebe Babaei

Congratulations to all selected filmmakers and writers.

Season 3 (2026) Honorable Mentions

The Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival is proud to recognize the following 7 Honorable Mentions for Season 3—projects that stood out strongly during jury review for their craft, vision, and impact:

Gentle Justice — dir. Anneloor van Heemstra (Netherlands), Documentary Feature
МХАТ.doc — dir. Dmitry Nikolenko (Russian Federation), Documentary Feature
The Little Things That Run The World — dir. Doug Hawes-Davis (United States), Documentary Feature
Interpreting Erik — dir. Donald D’Haene (Canada), Documentary Short
Rag Dolls — dir. Amy Adler (United States), Documentary Short
Spoken For – The Movie — dir. Jean-Yves “Jeeve” Ducornet (United States), Music Video
Sara — dir. Ariana Andrade Castro (Peru), Short