Conceptualized, written, and directed by Julián De La Chica, Dora follows the journeys of a Latina immigrant and her trans roommate/lover in Queens, New York, and how the pandemic shattered their already precarious stances. Dora is an important perspective into the lives of “others” — those deemed as such by the privileged — and how the perception of otherness was more starkly brought to light in the pandemic. De La Chica’s debut film, Agatha, released in 2020, received remarkable critical acclaim, earning accolades at nearly three dozen international film festivals.