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Plays in Shorts Program: The Ties that Bind
Sunday, June 16
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Center

555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001
Tickets and Passes

Familia 💖💎

Directors

Picho García, Gabriela Pena

Producers

Gabriela Pena, Picho García

Editor

Cinematographer

The social media platform WhatsApp becomes the catalyst for a dual experience: it is where a young man creates a whimsical self-portrait while simultaneously confronting the somber reality of his aging grandfather’s decline. Through missed calls, texts, and a flood of images, emojis, and stickers, we are invited into the digital contradictions of a bodiless digital persona grappling with the mortality of one’s physical existence.

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Picho García

Co-director, Familia 💖💎

Picho García is a Chilean filmmaker and producer. He studied filmmaking at the University of Valparaíso in Chile, and the National University of La Plata in Argentina. He is also the co-founder of Grieta Cine alongside, Gabriela Pena. He co-directed the short film Familia 💖💎 with Gabriela Pena. Currently in post-production on his first documentary feature, Here, the Silence is Heard, the project has been selected by Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket and supported by the Sundance Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and the Open City Documentary Festival.

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Gabriela Pena

Co-director, Familia 💖💎

Gabriela Pena is a Chilean-Spanish documentary filmmaker and producer. In 2021 she directed Zoila, her first documentary feature film (SANFIC’s Chilean Competition, Best Film Prize – FIDBA’s Gender and Generations Competition.) She co-directed the short film, Familia 💖💎 with Picho García. Currently in post-production on her first documentary feature, Here, the Silence is Heard, the project has been selected by Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket and supported by the Sundance Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and the Open City Documentary Festival.