

16 minutes that'll wreck your whole day — in the best way possible.


16 minutes that'll wreck your whole day — in the best way possible.
Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. Five years later, Julia keeps fighting to rebuild her life and get reunited with her daughters.
Direction
Student filmmaker with veteran restraint
Production
Proof micro-budget beats Hollywood
Editing
Every second earns its devastation

Director
Max Vázquez Montúfar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made by UNAM film students — Mexico's national university — with Julia playing herself, not an actor.
Spotlights Mexico's overwhelmed Sistema Nacional DIF, where 30,000+ children live in institutional care, many with living parents.