All film screenings presented at FUERZAfest are for mature audiences and free of charge.
Screening Location: Julia de Burgos Performance and Arts Center
1680 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Sunday, May 15 | 2PM
EL APEGO
Argentina
102 min | 2021 | Spanish with English subtitles
Written and directed by: Valentín Javier Diment
Produced by: Valentín Javier Diment y Vanesa Pagani
Cast: Jimena Anganuzzi, Lola Berthet, Germán de Silva, Marcela Guerty, Marta Haller, Andra Nussenbaum
SYNOPSIS: Two troubled women on the edge see their lives intertwined when they embark on a vicious crusade of revenge, fueled by shifting passions and haunting secrets.
SINOPSIS: Dos mujeres de personalidad perturbada se entrelazan en una extraña y peligrosa relación en que se alternan sentimientos, pasiones, erotismo y muerte.
Wednesday, May 18 | 6PM
PÓLVORA EN EL CORAZÓN
Guatemala
87 min | 2020 | Spanish with English subtitles
Written and directed by: Camila Urrutia
Produced by: Curuxa Cinema
Cast: Andrea Henry, Vanessa Hernández, Mauricio González
Synopsis: Two naïve girlfriends have to make a radical decision on how to cope with the events of a fateful night: is violence the solution, or are there other ways?
Sinopsis: Una pareja de jóvenes ingenuas tienen que tomar una decisión radical sobre cómo hacer frente a los acontecimientos de una noche fatídica: ¿es la violencia la solución, o hay otros caminos?
Wednesday, May 18 | 8PM
PERFUME DE GARDENIAS
Puerto Rico – Colombia
97 min | 2021 | Spanish with English subtitles
Written and directed by: Macha Colón
Produced by: Arleen Cruz-Alicea
Co-producers: Consuelo Castillo, Adriana Ángel Main
Cast: Luz María Rondón, Sharon Riley, Katira María, Carmen Nydia Velázquez, Flor Joglar de Gracia, Milagros Ortíz, Abner Rivera
Synopsis: After an elderly widow crafts a beautiful custom-made funeral for her husband, she gets enlisted to put her unusual talents to design customized, distinctive funerals for her ailing neighbors.
Sinopsis: Después de que una viuda anciana viuda elabora un hermoso funeral hecho a medida para su esposo, se alista para poner sus talentos inusuales en el diseño de funerales personalizados y distintivos para sus vecinos enfermos.
Thursday, May 19 | 7PM
CANDELA
Dominican Republic
87 min | 2021 | Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by: Andrés Farías
Script: Andrés Farías / Laura Conyedo
Produced by: Pablo Lozano
Based on the novel by: Rey Andújar
Cast: César Domínguez, Sarah Jorge-León, Félix Germán
Synopsis: As a hurricane threatens the city of Santo Domingo, the murder of a young poet and drug dealer will intertwine the lives of a high-society woman, an alcoholic cop and a drag queen.
Sinopsis: Mientras un huracán amenaza la ciudad de Santo Domingo, el asesinato de un joven poeta y narcotraficante entrelazará las vidas de una mujer de la alta sociedad, un policía alcohólico y una drag queen.