Tucson Film Festival 2025 Narrative Short Film Program 3

Hasta la Raíz (Arizona Premiere)
Directed by Nuria Schettino González
Written by Isaac Michael Ybarra & Nuria Schettino González
Produced by Ariana de Leon
Chapman University | Dodge College of Film & Media Arts
USA/2024/15 min
www.instagram.com/hastalaraiz.film/

In 1856, Cecilia, a Tongva woman working at a Mexican rancho in the greater Los Angeles basin, must fight for her land and daughter when the ranchero’s wife leaves to defend her own land grant.

Hiawatha (Arizona Premiere)
Written & Directed by Rachel B. Joyce
Produced by Jenna Grossano
USA/2025/14 min
www.hiawathafilm.com

Two long-distance lovers search for a way forward (or backward) when the bedrock of their twenty-year relationship cracks. A midwestern rumination on loving across space and time starring Ashley Zukerman (HBOs Succession) and Vella Lovell (The Big Sick).

Sage Hen (World Premiere)
Written & Directed by McKenna Murphy
Produced by Stephanie Mason Murphy
RavenScene Studios
USA/2025/16 min
www.ravenscenestudios.com/sagehen

After the death of her brother, a young artist must choose between her dream and her heart when she enlists the help of a cowgirl to save her family’s home from a ruthless outlaw.

Seeing Each Other, Seeing Things (World Premiere)
Directed by Ben Taman & Baki Baki Baki
Produced by Nailah Taman
Minnesota Regional Arts Council
USA/2025/11 min
www.instagram.com/seeingeachother_seeingthings/

Haunted by a bird only he can see, Billy struggles to tell if his crush is real—or just another trick of the mind – maybe it’s love, or maybe it’s nothing.

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