We Are Here

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! 25+ festivals, 2 awards and counting. Doménica and Constanza Castro are the first Mexican Sisters to be in the run for an Oscar® in the Academy’s history.

Four young immigrants reveal their hopes and dreams as they navigate a perilous system that defines their fate and freedom.

Awards:
2022 Animated Shorts Jury Award – New Hampshire Film Festival *Oscar Qualifying
2022 Grand Jury Prize for International Fragments – DocsMX

Official Selection:
Sundance Film Festival, 2022
LACMA Shorts “I Am Series”, 2022
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2022
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, 2022
Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, 2022
Barnes Film Festival, 2022
Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2022
Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival, 2022
Nantucket Film Festival, 2022
Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2022
Doqumenta Festival de Cine, 2022
Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2022
Hollyshorts, 2022
Salute Your Shorts Festival, 2022
Tallgrass Film Festival, 2022
Indie Street Film Festival, 2022
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2022
New Hampshire Film Festival, 2022
DocsMX, 2022
SCAD Savannah Film Festival, 2022
DOC NYC, 2022
Still Voices Film Festival, 2022
Cucalorus Film Festival, 2022
Pittsburgh Shorts, 2022
Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería, 2022
3ra Edición Semana de Cine Migrante, Cineteca Nacional, 2022
Official Latino Film and Arts Festival, 2022
Oaxaca FilmFest, 2022

CREDITS:
Cast:
Dulce Valencia
Deron Ingraham
Anonymous
Valeria Marchesi

Crew:
Directed and Produced by: Doménica Castro, Constanza Castro
Executive Produced by: 271 Films , Antigravity Academy, Eloy Méndez, Scott Minerd, Carlos López Estrada, Kelly Marie Tran
Written by: Doménica Castro, Constanza Castro, Salvador Pérez García
Visual Art & Animation by : Cecilia Reeve
Edited by: Salvador Pérez García
Music by: Jesi Nelson
Digital Intermediate : Company 3
Senior Colorist : Jill Bogdanowicz
Company 3 Senior Producer: Matt Moran
Company 3 Executive Producer: Ashley McKim
Audio Post Production: One Thousand Birds
Sound Design & Mix by: KT Pipal
Recording Engineer: Jackie! Zhou
OTB Executive Producer: Guin Frehling