La Vida Es Cortos / Life Is Shorts
A unique festival that presents short plays and short films to celebrate and showcase the Latinx community, its artists, and its stories. Short films and short plays are seldom seen by the general public but even more rare is seeing Latinx artists in Houston's prominent theatre and film scene.
The 2nd annual La Vida Es Cortos / Life Is Shorts Festival took place November 21 - 24, 2019.
La Vida Es Cortos/Life Is Shorts Festival was funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Play Selections 2019
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An American woman flies to a small town in Mexico to visit her estranged auntie. She is a traveling saleswoman. What she sells shocks the culture and vibrates the town, but it also brings women together. Written and directed by Priscilla Alvarez.
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Films were selected following an open call for short films through Film Freeway.
Inaugural Festival
The first annual La Vida Es Cortos / Life Is Shorts Festival took place on November 9, 2018. The first festival of its kind, we presented six short films from all over the world and five plays by local Latinx theatre. Furthermore, we reached a demographic that has long been missing from houston's theatre audiences.60% of our audiences had a latinx surname and 62% spoke Spanish as their primary language.
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