2025

San José de la Zorra
– Tuesday 23rd, September 2025

The 2nd Edition is taking place during the 2025 Autumn Equinox. Starting on the Kumeyaay New Year (September, Tuesday 23rd).

11 am Gathering of the Kumeyaay Nation in San José de la Zorra, Kumeyaay New Year Ceremony & Raising of the Kumeyaay Flag

5 pm “Kumeyaay Land” by Doña Eva Carillo, Fausto Diaz, Angel Díaz & Dylan Verrechia, Mexico

Casa Kurrak, Cine Guadalupe
– Friday 26th, September 2025

The 2nd Edition is taking place during the 2025 Autumn Equinox (September, Friday 26th - Sunday 28th). All screenings are free.

10 am Doors open at Casa Kurrak: Kumeyaay Opening Ceremony

10:15 “La Creación del mundo”
by Antonio Coello, México (Baja California)
Animation Short - 10m, in Seri with Spanish subtitles
For children & teenagers, with Antonio Coello

10:45 “La Pelota es el sol”
by Yamurith Gallegos Macario, Mexico
Narrative Short - 20m, in Spanish with English subtitles
For children & teenagers, with Yamurith Gallegos Macario

11:30 am “Haagua“
by Marc Antony Chavez & Octavio Aceves Coutiño, México (Baja California)
Narrative Short - 15m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Marc Antony Chavez

11:45 am Conversation: From the Ocean to the Mountains

12:30 pm “Fuck Fame”
by Saray Argumedo, México (Baja California)
Documentary Short - 14m, in Spanish with English subtitles

1 pm “Desde San José de la Zorra“
by Nicolas Defossé, México (Valle de Guadalupe)
Narrative Short - 15m, in Spanish with English subtitles

1:30 pm Conversation: Resistencia Indígena
with Norma Mesa (Lider Kumiay, Neji), José Gilberto Warner (Consejero Nacional Kiliwa), Maria de los Angeles Carrillo Silva (Autoridad Tradicional San José de la Zorra), Ana Gloria Montes Castañeda (Consejera Nacional de la Nacion Kumiay)

3 pm “Ya me voy”
by Armando Croda & Lindsey Cordero, México
Documentary Feature - 1h 14m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Armando Croda

5 pm “Kumeyaay Land”
by Doña Eva Carillo, Fausto Diaz, Angel Díaz & Dylan Verrechia, México (Valle de Guadalupe)
Documentary Short - 21m, in Kumiay & Spanish with English subtitles
with Doña Eva Carillo, Fausto Diaz, Angel Díaz, Luna Zamudio, Raquel Herrera & Dylan Verrechia
Best Documentary Red Nation Film Festival, Best Mexican Documentary Shorts Mexico

6 pm “Seven Ridges/Sietefilos”
by Antonio Coello, México (Baja California)
Narrative Feature - 1h 15m, in Seri with Spanish subtitles
with Antonio Coello

9 pm “Violentas Mariposas”
by Adolfo Davila, México
Narrative Feature - 1h 41m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Adolfo Davila

Casa Kurrak, Awards Ceremony
– Saturday 27th, September 2025

10 am Doors open at Casa Kurrak

10;15 am “Plataneros”
by Juan José Garrafa, México
Documentary Short - 15m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Juan José Garrafa

11:15 am “Trending”
by Felix Martiz, México/USA
Narrative Short - 10m, in English with Spanish subtitles
with Felix Martiz

12:15 pm “Zerch”
by J. Xavier Velasco, México
Narrative Short - 7m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with J. Xavier Velasco

12:30 pm “Cocodrilos”
by J. Xavier Velasco (with Karem Momo), México
Narrative Feature - 1h 43m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with J. Xavier Velasco

3 pm “Surgencia”
by Alejandro Montalvo (with Hugo D’Acosta), México (Valle de Guadalupe)
Documentary Feature - 2h 17m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Alejandro Montalvo

5 pm Kumeyaay Ceremony & Awards Ceremony

8 pm “In the Summers”
by Alessandra Lacorazza (with Residente), USA
Narrative Feature - 1h 35m, in English with Spanish subtitles
Grand Jury Prize Sundance

10 pm “499”
by Rodrigo Reyes, México
Documentary Feature - 1h 27m, in Spanish with English subtitles
Criterion Collection, Best Cinematography Tribeca Film Festival

Casa Kurrak, Cine Guadalupe
– Sunday 28th, September 2025

10 am Doors open at Casa Kurrak

10:15 am “Chardak”
by Mileta Postic & Predrag Joldic, Serbia
Animation Short - 9m, in Serbian with English subtitles
For children & teenagers

10:30 am “Encuentro Americano”
by E.T. Vazquez, México/USA
Narrative Short - 11m, in English with Spanish subtitles

11 am “The Cowboy/El Vaquero”
by Emma Rozanski, Colombia
Narrative Feature - 1h 33m, in Spanish with English subtitles

2 pm “Electron”
by Mehran Ranjbar, Irán
Narrative Short - 20m, in Farsi with Spanish subtitles

2:30 pm “Pirinha”
by Natasha Craveiro, Cape Verde
Documentary Feature - 53m, in Portuguese with English subtitles

4 pm “Vox Humana”
by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Las Filipinas
Narrative Short - 20m, in Tagalog with Spanish subtitles
Gold Hugo Chicago Film Festival

5 pm “Ofrenda”
by Diego Sandez, México (Baja California)
Narrative Short - 20m, in Spanish with English subtitles
with Diego Sandez

7 pm “Pégame”
by Dylan Verrechia, México (Valle de Gudalupe)
Narrative Feature - 1h 36m, in Spanish with English subtitles
For adults, with Ana Paula Mujica, Vladimir Zamudio, Gilberto Chi, Karl Pettersen & Dylan Verrechia
Best Mexican Feature Rosarito Film Festival, Best Fantasy Hallucinea Film Festival, Best Actress Love Film Festival

10 pm “Brothers”
by Darkhan Tulegenov, Kazakhstan
Narrative Feature - 1h 40m, in Kazakh with English subtitles

2024

Casa Kurrak
– Thursday 20th, June 2024

The 1st Edition is taking place during the 2024 Summer Solstice (June, Thursday 20th - Sunday 23rd).

8 am “Above & Below the Waves” by J. Xavier Velasco, Mexico
“Almar & Omar” by Sofian Prinz, France
“A Seed of Maize” by Topaz Adizes, Zambia
“Before Dawn” by Ypsilon Chae, Korea
“BlackCard” by Pete Chatmon, USA
“Bottles” by Yassine El Idrissi, Morocco

10 am “Anthrax War” by Roberto Coen, South Africa

12 pm “Kids of the Majestic” by Suhas Radhakrishna, India

2 pm “Brahmakanya” by Dhiraj Kashyap, India

4 pm “QONOQ” by Mario Caporali, Argentina

6 pm “She” by Azadeh Zhaleh Rafati, Iran

8 pm “A Thousand Pines” by Sebastián Díaz Aguirre & Noam Osband, Mexico

10 pm “Blessing in Disguise” by Kostas Mazanis, Greece

Casa Kurrak
– Friday 21st, June 2024

8 am “Extintor” by Joana Solnado & Rodrigo Sopeña, Spain
“Forbidden Holiness” by Doron Neeman, Israel
“Instante” by Paola Veiga, Brazil
“Leila” by Pamela C. Saade, Lebanon
“Los Luchadores lloran también” by Santiago Ibarra Esparza, Mexico
“Marko” by Marko Šantić, Croatia

10 am “Destiny Hills” by Leeor Kaufman, Israel

12 pm “The End of the Valley of Tears” by Jarosław Wszędybył, Poland

2 pm “Eskawata Kayawai” by Patrick Dequech Belem & Lara Jacoski, Brazil

4 pm “Love is Blind” by Denis Piel, USA

6 pm “Dave Gentic & Headgun” by Samuel Van Geesbergen, Belgium

8 pm “Fishing Without Nets” by Cutter Hodierne, Somalia

10 pm “Solo yo” by Pablo Jato, Mexico

Casa Kurrak
– Saturday 22nd, June 2024

8 am “My Mom” by Yasir Musa Aliraqi, Irak
“New Planet” by Rasim Asan, Belgium
“La Nota” by Juan Pablo Rivas Bejarano & Tania Ángeles Begun, Mexico
“La Pelota es el sol” by Yamurith Gallegos Macario, Mexico
“Petite” by Dune Gayet, France
“Pluie de grâce ou grace à la pluie” by Chryssa Florou, France

10 am “Push-pull” by Neven Hitrec, Croatia

12 pm “Kaawaï Na Ana” by Nicolas Pradal, French Guiana

2 pm “Flores bajo el hielo” by Marco Potyomkin, Spain

4 pm “La Flaca” by Chica Barbosa & Thiago Zanato, Brazil/Mexico

4:30 pm “La Santa Muerte” by Eva Aridjis, Mexico

6 pm “Anayeli” by Misael Alva, Mexico

8 pm “499” by Rodrigo Reyes, Mexico

10 pm “La Pura Vida” by Dylan Verrechia, Mexico

Casa Kurrak
– Sunday 23rd, June 2024

8 am “La Reproduction” by Jean-Marie Villeneuve, France
“Rock in Chelo” by Isidora Trinidad R. Sáez, Chile
“Sega” by Idil Ibrahim, Senegal
“White Gaze” by Erik Ta, USA
“You Can Cry Now” by Marek StokŁosa, Poland
“Zerch” by J. Xavier Velasco, Mexico
“Primavera Rosada” by Aniez Atlas, Spain
“School Benches” by Behrouz Shamshiri, Iran
“Sleeping Beauties” by Shawn Regruto, USA
“Trumpet Player” by Felino Dolloso, Australia
“Un día más” by Carlos Puig Mundó, Spain

10 am “Arakimentari” by Travis Klose, Japan

12 pm “as to not die in these places” by Márcia Bellotti, Brazil
“Confine Liquido” by Andrea Scimone, Italy
“Ecos desde el azulado prado” by Héctor Hernández, Mexico
“Jurica” by Marko Plejić, Croatia
“Kumeyaay Land” by Fausto Díaz, Mexico
“Las Ultimas Horas del Maestro” by Alvaro Riquelme, Chile
“Pacing the Pool” by Radheya Jegatheva, Australia
“Pete Puppets” by Andy Bambach & Suzanne Whiteman, Australia
“Piel Devota” by Francisca Basaure & Constanza Cáceres, Chile
“Short Vacations” by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, France
“Toñita’s” by Beyza Boyacioglu & Sebastián Díaz Aguirre, Mexico/USA
“Hasta que llegué el olvido” by Joaquín Colinas Márquez, Mexico
“Zeitgeist” by Louise Blancheteau, Canada

4 pm “El Cerro Rico” by Nicolas Matte, Argentina
“Electra Wasp” by Wasan Hayajneh, USA
“Foundation” by Bo Mao, China
“The Hammer” by Werrner Schnater, France
“John DeMena: Eternal Eyes” by Ishan Shukla, USA
“La Certeza, historias para no olvidar” by Yolliztli Ruiz, Mexico
“Letter from a Stranger” by Shima Markazi Omidvar, Iran
“The Leak” by Paola Cubillos, Belgium
“The Lovers” by Rimma Gefen, Israel
“Micorriza” by Antonio Zagal, Mexico
“Oniris” by Nano Bor, Argentina
“The Savior From Hell” by Hemin Mehrshad, Canada

6 pm “Deep Heavy Fear: Doorway” by Andy Grier (Thieves Like Us), Germany
“Lucky Logan: Black Morning” by Godwin Denu, Ghana
“Paco Mendoza: Justicia” Germany/Mexico
“Padre” by Jose Antonio Capel Rodríguez, Mexico
“Pile: Loops” by Joshua Echeverria, USA
“Pile: Scaling Walls” by Joshua Echeverria, USA
“Tod Lippy: Florida Plates” by Kyle Garrett, USA
“Von Haze: Mother Mountain” by Dylan Verrechia, USA
“Wu-Tang Clan: People Say” by Jean “Navegante” Shepherd, USA

8 pm “Seda” by Barbara Balsategui, Mexico

10 pm “The Alley Cat” by Marie Ullrich, USA

The Jurors have selected the Winners and Nominees, and the results are out. Thank you to all who have participated!

Museo de la Vid y el Vino
– Friday 20th, September 2024

5 pm Honoring Maestro Alfonso Arau for his contribution to the world of cinema in a celebration of wine and gastronomy

Museo de la Vid y el Vino
– Saturday 21st, September 2024

10 am Cinema with the community by Itzel Martínez del Cañiz from Ambulante Documentary Film Festival

11 am “La Península mágica: Las rutas de Harry Crosby” by Isaac Artenstein, Mexico

12 pm ‘Kumeyaay Land” by Dylan Verrechia and Angel Díaz Ojeda, Mexico

12:30 pm “30 años de El jardín del edén” by María Novaro, Mexico

1:30 pm “Sideways” by Alexander Payne, USA

4 pm “Familia” by Rodrigo García, Mexico

6 pm “Como agua para chocolate” by Alfonso Arau, Mexico

2023

Casa Kurrak
– November 2023

Valle de Guadalupe Film Festival® (Valle de Guadalupe International Film Festival®, Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe® y Festival Internacional de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe®) is trademarked. The call to submissions started in November 2023.

2014-2022

From San José de la Zorra

Angel Díaz showcases films for the youth in San José de la Zorra, across Baja California, San Diego, and in Mexico City.