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Latina spring returns!
Latina spring returns!
Femme Frontera Showcase
Femme Frontera Showcase
Tuesday, March 3, 2026| 7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 3, 2026| 7:00 PM
UNAM San Antonio | 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way
UNAM San Antonio | 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way
MonteVideo celebrates Women’s History Month with Latina Spring, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors!
Latina Spring kicks off with the Film Frontera Showcase, presented in partnership with the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI), the Latino Collection and Resource Center, and UNAM SA.
Femme Frontera centers the experiences of women and gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border diaspora, as well as border regions around the world. The 9th Annual Femme Frontera Showcase includes films from Mexico and the United States.
Free parking available after 5 PM at Alamo Lot (418 S. Alamo) and Martinez Lot (S Alamo and Martinez St). Paid parking available at the Hemisfair Garage (623 Hemisfair Blvd).
Ternura Radical (Radical Tenderness)
Celina Galicia, 2025, Mexico, 16 min
In Ciudad Juárez, women transform art into a fierce act of resistance, channeling poetry, music, and graphic art to preserve the memory of femicide and disappearance while demanding justice.
Yo mate a Lucca (I killed Lucca)
Ana Moreno Hernandez, 2023, Mexico, 16 min
Carmen has finally found her soulmate, Lucía. At the possibility of sharing the most painful moment of her childhood, Carmen’s conscience, illustrated by two soccer commentators, leads her to a panic attack for which she could lose Lucía.
Color Cielo (The Color of Sky)
Cristal Gonzalez Avila, 2024, USA, 9 min
The hope that lingers in the farewell. A meditation on the final moments of a son, as he says goodbye to his mother in Mexico, while he prepares to journey to the US. The conflict between desperation, sacrifice and the potential for survival and success.
Super High: A Period Piece
Bianca D. Lambert, 2024, USA, 9 min
Amanda battles excruciating period pain caused by fibroids. Desperate for relief, she experiments with a celebrity cannabis brand's edibles. A dosage mishap catapults her into a surreal, anxiety-filled journey until she awakens.
Ser bruja (To be a Bruja)
Carolina Erives, 2023, Mexico, 14 min
Amanda Montejo is a trans woman, make-up artist, Guadalupana and a witch. This documentary portrait explores different facets of her spirituality and fragments of her past, revealing the duality of her being.
At Dusk I Kiss Your Body Burnt
Victor “Yayo” Meza, 2024, Mexico/USA
A poetic short film that follows a young man as he remembers the touch of his lover against the hyper-militarized and hyper-surveilled U.S.-Mexico borderlands where he grew up. Addressed as a letter to his lost lover, the film grapples with how queer bodies experience and express desire amidst bordercraft and state violence.
Wherever That May Be
E.N. Cole, 2025, USA, 12 min
In this story, we follow the journey of Rose, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her health takes a turn. She moves back in with her outgoing, fun loving grandmother named Jo. Their dynamic challenges a stereotype of what it means to be healthy and what society typically expects of women their respective ages.
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