SF IndieFest: Sisters + Kala

OPENING NIGHT FILM (sneak peek)

Sisters

With their lives unraveling around them, three Mexican American sisters reunite, after years of estrangement, to complete their beloved grandmother’s pilgrimage through rural Mexico. With no hiking experience, little reception, and an old map, the sisters walk the sacred trail to Talpa de Allende and find help along the way from Kin (Cristo Fernández, Ted Lasso), a local with a dark past. They must work together through their differences in order to reach the end and find their miracle. “Familia, Tequila and Miracles”. Directed by Mar Novo, 80 minutes.

Join the filmmakers and fest goers at the after party at Kilowatt, right across the street from the Roxie, featuring live music by La Sombra, Los Sindes and Ritmos Tropicosmos. Admission included with ticket stub until 9pm.

Co-presented by RoxCine.

Kala

In the Hawaiian worldview there are layers of meaning to every word, every action, every moment, and every thing. The word kala, for example, refers to both a fish as well as forgiveness.

Kala is the story of two estranged brothers who are brought together at the request of their dying father. When they reluctantly set out with a throw-net to catch a kala fish they endure mishaps, face unresolved feelings, revisit childhood memories and, ultimately, attempt to heal the deep hurt that drug addiction has brought to their family. Directed by Matt Yamashita, 20 minutes.