WE ARE HERE
Four young immigrants reveal their hopes and dreams as they navigate a perilous system that defines their fate and freedom.
Animation and visual art: Cecilia Reeve
Awards and Nominations:
2023 NAACP Image Awards - Best Animated Short - Nominee
2022 Animated Shorts Jury Award - New Hampshire Film Festival *Oscar Qualifying
2022 Grand Jury Prize for International Fragments - DocsMX
Directed and Produced by: Doménica Castro, Constanza Castro
Executive Produced by: 271 Films , Antigravity Academy, Eloy Méndez, Scott Minerd, Carlos López Estrada, Kelly Marie Tran
Written by: Doménica Castro, Constanza Castro, Salvador Pérez García
Visual Art & Animation by : Cecilia Reeve
Edited by: Salvador Pérez García
Music by: Jesi Nelson
Digital Intermediate : Company 3
Senior Colorist : Jill Bogdanowicz
“A POIGNANT and TIMELY portrait of lives in a disheartening limbo that uses avant-garde animation to enhance the affecting stories of its courageous subjects.”