
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
This is a Spanish-speaking short film that contains English subtitles. The short film is produced in the United States.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
This short film was an overall creative success.
"La Noria" deftly subverts audience expectations as it explores childhood grief, anxieties, and pain. The award-winning short shows us that often our monsters are often sprung from our darkest places.