CINE LATINO Film Festival: TheyDream + Belong
Friday, October 9, 2026 · 5:00 PM CDT · The Main Cinema · Minneapolis, MN
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14th Cine Latino Film Festival Friday, October 9 at 5:00PM TheyDream is preceded by the short film Belong / Pertenecer by Sofía Padilla. Director Sofía Padilla (Belong / Pertenecer) Attending ABOUT THE FILM Director William Caballero expands the themes of his acclaimed short Chilly and Milly (Cine Latino MSP 2024) in his debut feature TheyDream, an intimate journey through family, memory, grief, and forgiveness. Working alongside his mother, Caballero revisits the past through motion-capture technology and homemade animation, recreating family conversations and moments that might otherwise exist only in memory. His father, grandfather, grandmother, and beloved dog, Gustavo emerge through home movies, interviews, live action, personal illustrations, stop-motion, miniatures, puppets, and digital and performance-capture animation. This rich blend of techniques illuminates a quieter grief: the loss of a loved one, achievements never celebrated, words left unsaid, conversations too painful to revisit, and those we regret never having. TheyDream is a tender portrait of a son reckoning with his family’s past and the memories that shaped him. Visually inventive and deeply personal, the film explores universal questions of who we are, what we inherit, what we remember, and how we learn to let go—searching for understanding and a liberating way forward. TheyDream won the NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and the Knight Documentary Achievement Award at the Miami International Film Festival. TheyDream – En español El director William Caballero amplía los temas de su aclamado cortometraje Chilly and Milly (Cine Latino MSP 2024) en su primer largometraje, TheyDream, un viaje íntimo por la familia, la memoria, el duelo y el perdón. Junto a su madre, Caballero se adentra en el pasado familiar mediante una fascinante combinación de películas caseras, entrevistas, ilustraciones, stop-motion, miniaturas, marionetas y animación…
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