Joel Pérez Irizarry

Tokio

When all the residents of Tokío are evicted from their houses, two kids, Emiliano and Aurelia, are forced to end their friendship. But before that, they make a plan to save the life of a kitten that is going to be abandoned when everybody leaves the neighborhood. This seems like a very simple scheme, but it turns out to be a lesson of beauty, and humanity, that emerges from themselves as an act of rebellion in a world full of destruction.

Ours is a Future

Twin Latino filmmakers journey over 8,000 miles to present a nuanced look at the promise, and the problems, of one of America's most marginalized yet powerful communities - the 23 million Latinos who are U.S. citizens, and eligible to vote in local and national elections.

Avioncito de papel

Portrays fragments of the lives of various immigrants who live in Santurce, exploring their realities from the simple and honest point of view of a young boy as he travels through the city. The short documentary features four subjects from other Caribbean islands, South America, and Asia who have settled and fallen in love with Puerto Rico.

Avioncito de papel

Portrays fragments of the lives of various immigrants who live in Santurce, exploring their realities from the simple and honest point of view of a young boy as he travels through the city. The short documentary features four subjects from other Caribbean islands, South America, and Asia who have settled and fallen in love with Puerto Rico.

Amarillo

In this veterans' hospice, every patient spends their last days fighting between life and death. Veterans die alone in rooms full of memories and anecdotes about wars that they fought for a country that they barely knew.

Amarillo

In this veterans' hospice, every patient spends their last days fighting between life and death. Veterans die alone in rooms full of memories and anecdotes about wars that they fought for a country that they barely knew.