
Leticia Akel
Writing
Known For

Sayen follows a lead to the picturesque desolation of the Atacama Desert. There, she reluctantly teams up with a young Atacameño girl, Quimal, looking to clear her father’s name and save her town from becoming an arid wasteland due to Acteon’s exploitative water usage.
Sayen: Desert Road
Two nuns go on the run when they discover they are about to be sent to a retirement home.
Nowhere to Nun

Ángel and his brother Franco have been locked up in a juvenile detention centre for a year. Despite the hostility of the place, they form bonds with others inmates and daydream about the future.
My Brothers Dream Awake

Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.
Myth

Javier comes to a town in search of work. There he meets a group of peasants led by Chivo, a stubborn man who distrusts him and does not allow him to work. Guided by strange dreams, Javier will fight against prejudice to win a place in the community.
Premonición

Derek and Giorgia, a young couple of biologists, settles in the hostile Tierra del Fuego to study and combat the devastating beaver plague that destructs the area. This violent mission is a unique scenario for their love story.
Beaverland

Yaya is a young woman with Down syndrome who is tired of being ignored and infantilized by everyone around her. While working at her uncle’s grocery store, Yaya befriends Genesis, a rebellious teenager who proposes getting a tattoo together, challenging her to break free from her restricted routine.
Yaya

Zoya is a young Pakistani cricket player and the lucky recipient of a life-changing scholarship. The only thing standing in her way? Finding someone to take her place as her ailing grandmother’s current caretaker.