Lusca Film Fest 2025

This year’s theme: Blast from the Past.

October 16 to October 22

Caribbean Cinemas, Montehiedra

OFFICIAL SELECTION
FILM SCHEDULE
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
FEATURE FILMS
Special Screenings
SHORT FILMS
ANIMATION COMPETITION
MUSIC VIDEOS & SCRIPTS

Local Feature & Filmmaker Awards

  • Best Local Feature Director: Between Outcry and Prison: A Lolita Lebrón Story – Efraín Rosa

  • Best Local Documentary: La Esperanza – María Fernanda Cestero

  • Best Local Drama: Georgina – Dir. Ana Marazzi

  • Best Local Actor: Me Voy – Carlos Miranda

  • Best Local Actress: Capetillo – Aris Mejías

  • Best Local Editing: Georgina – Alberto García Santamaría

  • Best Local Music Composition: Capetillo – René G. Boscio

Local Short Film Awards

  • Best Local Action Short: El Corte Final – Wilfred Miranda

  • Best Local Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short: Baile, Botella y Baraja – Augusto Suárez

  • Best Local Horror & Thriller Short: La Mujer – Dir. Julián Resto, Khristian De León

  • Best Local Dark Comedy Short: Mal gusto exquisito – Mariana Monclova

  • Best Local Experimental Short: Agencia – May Santiago

  • Best Local Animation Short: Untamed – Gleryxbelle Feliciano

  • Best Local Short Director: Gante – Dir. Raúl Ernesto Hernández González

  • Local Audience Award: Gante – Raúl Ernesto Hernández González

  • Local Animation Audience Award: Se fue la luz – Laurie Cruz Arocho

  • Best Student Film: Canela – Valeria González Pagán

Technical & Performance Awards

  • Best Cinematography: Lealtad – Diego Luciano

  • Best Sound Design: Mulata – C.J. Lozada

  • Best SFX: Baile, Botella y Baraja – Melanie M. Rodríguez Rosado

  • Best Screenplay: Baile, Botella y Baraja – Augusto Suárez

Music Video Awards

  • Best International Music Video: K.O. Malcriada – Dir. Fabio Colonna (Mexico)

  • Best Local Music Video: Adelita y Tárrega – Zarandajo

  • Music Video Audience Award: Sonósfera “Quiébrame Hasta El Final”

Screenplay Contests

  • Local Screenplay Contest: The Song of the Cuco – Brian Reyes

  • International Screenplay Contest: $elf-Checkout – Kelsey Lane, Jonathan Riles (USA)

Feature Film Awards

  • Best Local Feature Film: Diaspora, Curiosity of Culture – Margarita Sotomayor Salgado

  • Best International Feature Film: Gunman – Cris Tapia Marchiori

  • Best Feature Film Director: F*CKTOYS – Annapurna Sriram

  • Feature Film – Jury Special Mention: Legends from the Past – Ivan Sosnin

International Short Film Awards

  • Best International Animation Short: Luz Diabla – Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza (Argentina)

  • Best International Horror & Thriller Short: Amira – Javier Yañez Sanz (Spain)

  • Best International Dark Comedy Short: Glory Hole – Andoni Fernández (Spain)

  • Best International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short: An Old Friend – Dir. Nuk Suwanchote (USA)

  • Best International Short Director: It Burns – Kate Maveau (Belgium)