Congratulations to the NYWIFT members included in the 2026 New York Latino Film Festival line up! We are thrilled to see eight members of our community with projects featured at the festival this year.
The festival takes place September 15 – 20, 2026 both virtually and in-person in New York. Tickets and packages can be purchased from the official website
You can click on each title below for the festival schedule and tickets to the exciting projects featuring work by NYWIFT members.
Projects below are sorted by competition category.
Fiction-Shorts
Wish You Were Here!
Second Assistant Director – NYWIFT Member Bella Rieth
It’s 2006 and Darren can’t drive a stick shift… Darren’s Sisyphean struggle is with a stick-shift car, but really, he’s facing off with the performance of masculinity and the expectations of other men.
Long Form Documentary
TheyDream
Director/Writer/Producer/Editor/Cinematographer – NYWIFT Member William David Cabllero
Producer/Writer- NYWIFT Member Erin Ploss-Campoamor
Consulting Producer – NYWIFT Member Louis E. Perego Moreno
After twenty years chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go
Short Form Documentary
Meyolotl
Executive Producer/Producer/Writer/Director – NYWIFT Member Lorena Valencia
After years living in the US, a filmmaker returns to her hometown to document the bond between her family and the maguey plant that has sustained them for generations. As she observes the deep-rooted bond built on mutual care, she questions her decision to leave, yet learns from the plant that her heart can root in new soil and still stay true to where it first beat.
Casa Amadeo
Director & Writer – NYWIFT Member Ariana Marie Luque
Miguel Amadeo is a beloved Puerto Rican Salsa pioneer keeping New York’s longest-running record shop alive as it faces an uncertain future in The Bronx.
13.4 Seconds to Nowhere
ESPN Festival Strategist – NYWIFT Member Maria Delgado
13.4 Seconds To Nowhere highlights the deeply personal narrative of a Puerto Rican athlete whose Olympic dreams were shattered by a hurricane. Once defined by a 13.4-second 100-meter race time she, years later, seeks to redefine her purpose. Her quest to overcome this obstacle is not for glory, but for essential self-discovery and healing.
Shooting Stars
ESPN Festival Strategist – NYWIFT Member Maria Delgado
Shooting Stars follows Adrián Solano, a 22-year-old Venezuelan in search of meaning who inadvertently enters the 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships despite having never seen snow in his life. Training on roller skis in one of the hottest places on Earth, his journey to the slopes unravels into a viral sports fiasco. As the internet crowns him ‘The World’s Worst Skier,’ Adrián reveals that greatness isn’t measured in medals, but in the courage to keep going.
Spectrum Shorts
Underneath It All
Writer/Producer/Actor – NYWIFT Member Claire Jamison
Deep in the woods a woman and man facing grief clash with each other, until the power of nature connects and transforms them both.
(Images courtesy of New York Latino Film Festival)
