We Are Here

We Are Here

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