dora

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.

“Dora is a poignant film, full of the poetry of everyday things, enhanced by a refined use of light and black and white film, which leaves with a bittersweet flavor but a new awareness of the life of an Other, singular and universal.”

THE CREW

Written, directed & produced by Julián De La Chica
Director of Photography Junting Zhou
Sound Ian Hunter
Assistant of Cam Bryan Berrios

Carolina Aponte as Dora
Ernesto Linnemann as Ernestina
Rocco Ancarola as Stefano
& the Special Appearance of Ramiro Meneses as Federico

TRAILER

SYNOPSIS

Dora, a young, aspiring hairdresser from Colombia living in Queens is suddenly faced with the grim uncertainties of the pandemic’s epicenter. Together with her trans lover Ernestina, Dora seeks a means of survival in a city that continuously overlooks its most vulnerable residents. The pandemic embraces the two women, alone together, in Ernestina’s apartment, while they look out their window and realize that their dreams of a city that never sleeps have been quieted by a new, deafening stillness.

Festivals & AwardS

  • Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival - Official Selection

  • Florence Film Awards - Winner Best LGBT Film

  • New York Movie Awards - Honorable Mention

  • Toronto Film Awards - Official Selection

  • Rome Prisma Film Awards - Official Selection

  • The IndieFest Film Awards - Award of Recognition LGBTQ+

  • Berlin International ART Film Festival - Semi Finalist

  • Montreal Independent Film Festival - Official Selection

  • FIFF LONDON - Winner Best LGBT Film

  • FIFF LONDON - Winner Best Actress

  • London Independent Film Awards - Winner Best Actress

  • Vesuvius International Film Festival - Winner Best LGBT Film

  • Vesuvius International Film Festival - Winner Best Actress

  • Rome International Movie Awards - Winner Best LGBT Film

  • Madrid Indie Film Festival - Official Selection

  • Sweden Film Awards - Semi finalist Best LGBT Film

  • Chicago Indie Film Awards - Official Selection

  • Rotterdam Independent Film Festival - Semi finalist Best LGBT Film

  • Rotterdam Independent Film Festival - Semi finalist Best Actress

  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Semi finalist Best Actress

  • San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival - Semi finalist Best LGBT Film

  • Berlin Flash Film Festival - Official Selection

  • Amsterdam Short Film Festival - Official Selection

  • London Movie Awards Winner Best Experimental Film

  • Phoenix Shorts Film Festival - Winner Best Composer

  • Best Indie Film Award - Official Selection

  • Blow-Up Arthouse Filmfest Chicago - Semi finalist Best Narrative short

  • Paris International Short Festival - Winner Best LGBT short Film

  • Athens International Art Film Festival - Winner Best Experimental Film