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Marga en el DF

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Mexico/United States/Dominican Republic202521 minSpanish
Marga en el DF

In the wake of Selena Quintanilla’s murder, Marga’s life takes an unexpected turn at 21 weeks pregnant during a surprise visit to Mexico City.

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In the wake of Selena Quintanilla’s murder, Marga’s life takes an unexpected turn at 21 weeks pregnant during a surprise visit to Mexico City.

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Screening Times

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Gabriela Ortega

  • Screenwriter

    Gabriela Ortega

  • Producers

    Karla Luna Cantú

    Eugenio Valero

    Natalia Gonzalez

    Stacy Perskie

    Carlos López Estrada

    Valerie Bush

  • Executive Producers

    Gabriela Ortega

    Elle Keseley

    Holly Stanton

  • Additional Producer

    Glenn Kiser

    Amanda Schneider

  • Director of Photography

    Maria Secco

  • Costume Design

    María Molinari

  • Casting Director

    Eugenio Valero

    Alan Luna

  • Original Score

    Camila De Laborde

    Carlos Vértiz

    Héctor Ruiz

    Isaac Soto at MCO STUDIOS

  • Editor

    Monica Salazar

  • Colorist

    Rudy Pesci

    HARBOR

  • Sound Design

    César González Cortés

  • Production Design

    Geo Martínez

  • Principal Cast

    Camila Santana

    David Palacio

    Xabiani Ponce de León

    Andrea de Fátima

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Gabriela Ortega

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Gabriela Ortega is an award-winning filmmaker from the Dominican Republic. Her short film Huella premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and its feature script participated in the Sundance Institute labs. She is developing a film for a major studio and is preparing her debut feature set in the Dominican Republic.

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