Short / Drama
Belize,
2017, 24 min
Directed by:
Ilana LapidScreenplay:
Ilana LapidComposer:
Vincent GilliozCast:
Kerry Johan LanderoPlots(1)
Yochi, a 9-year-old selectively mute Mayan boy, guards a nest of endangered Yellow-Headed Parrots in Belize’s pine savannah. When his beloved older brother, Itza, returns from the city, Yochi learns that he’s in debt and has turned to poaching – setting the brothers on a collision course. (Anchorage International Film Festival)