Set within the rainforests of southern Mexico, La Laguna tells the story of a Mayan boy's remarkable journey from childhood to adolescence. While Yu'uk and his younger brother José enjoy a childhood of uncommon freedom in the jungle, Yu'uk's family's problems begin to mount and leaving his village - and his beloved younger brother - may be his family's only hope.
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Aspen Shortfest (Aspen, CO)
Wednesday, April 6th - 5:30pm, Wheeler Opera House
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC)
Friday, April 8th - 4:00pm, Cinema 1
Saturday, April 9th - 2:00pm, Full Frame Theater
HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival (Toronto)
Friday, April 29th - 9:30pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4
Saturday, April 30th - 12:30pm, Scotiabank Theater, Cinema 4
Sunday, May 8th - 9:30pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Vancouver)
Saturday, May 14tg - 1:30pm, Vancity Theater
Palm Springs International Shortfest (Palm Springs, CA)
Wednesday, June 22 - 5:00pm, Camelot Theaters, Theater 1
Monday, June 27th - 10:00AM, Camelot Theaters, Theater 1 (Best of the Fest)
Guanajuato International Film Festival (San Miguel de Allende &
Guanajuato, MX)
Friday, July 22nd - 12:00pm, Belles Artes, San Miguel de Allende
Saturday, July 30th - 4:00pm, Auditorio UG, Guanajuato
Nevada City Film Festival (Nevada City, NV)
September 8th - 11th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Camden International Film Festival (Camden, ME)
September 15th - 18th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Documenta Qro (Querétaro, Mexico)
September 30th - October 9th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Hamptons International Film Festival (Hamptons, NY)
October 6th - 10th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Woodstock International Film Festival (Woodstock, NY)
October 13th - 16th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
DOCS MX (Mexico City, MX)
October 13th - 22nd, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Environmental Film Festival Australia
Melbourne, September 29th - October 7th
Canberra & Brisbane, October 13th - 15th
Sydney, October 20th- 22nd
Adelaide, October 25th - 26th
DOC NYC (New York City, NY)
November 10th - 17th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Family Film Festival (Portugal)
November 9th - 13th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Olympia International Film Festival (Greece)
December 3rd - 10th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
San Cristobal International Film Festival (Mexico)
January 16th - 24th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Environmental Film Festival (D.C)
Sunday, March 19th - 12:00pm, Carnegie Institution for Science
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, MT)
Sunday, February 27th - 12:15pm, Sunday, Feb 26th - 12:15 pm, Missoula Childrens Theatre
Sebastopol Film Festival (Sebastopol, CA)
Saturday, March 25th - 12:00pm, Rialtos Cinemas #8
Cinema Planeta 2017 Film Festival (Cuernavaca, Morelos)
Wednesday, May 3rd - 8:30pm
Saturday, May 6th - 6:00pm
Int'l Film Festival for Children & Youth Eye on Film (Slovenia)
May 3rd - 8th 2017, Screening Dates & Times TBA
aluCINE Latin Film & Media Arts Festival (Toronto)
June, Screening Dates & Times TBA
DocsPuebla (Mexico)
July 10th - 16th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Rooftop Films Summer Series (NYC)
Saturday, August 19th - 9:00pm, Courtyard 5-6 of Industry City
Borneo Eco Film Festival (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah)
September 22nd - 24th, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Inconvenient Films Festival (Lithuania, Vilnius)
October 12th - 22nd, Screening Dates & Times TBA
KinderDocs (Greece)
October - April, Screening Dates & Times TBA
Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Award, Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Short Filmmaking (USA)
Best Documentary Short, Woodstock Film Festival (USA)
Panavision Best North American Short, Palm Springs International Shortfest (USA)
Special Jury Mention, Aspen Film Festival (USA)
Youth Jury Award, Aspen Film Festival (USA)
Jury Honorable Mention, HOTDOCS Canadian International Film Festival (CA)
Jury Honorable Mention, DOXA Documentary Film Festival (CA)
Best Documentary Short, Nevada City Film Festival (USA)
Best of the Fest, Nevada City Film Festival (USA)
Best Short-Medium Length Documentary Int'l Jury Award, Olympia Film Festival (Greece)
2017 Jury Award for Short Documentary, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival (USA)
La Laguna is made possible with the generous support of the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)