20th Annual Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival

Synthesize Me

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2026 HHM Award Winner
Shorts Jury Awards - Screenplay; Score/Soundtrack


In April 1989, in a liminal town near Mexico City, young teenager Violeta finds a way to bring her mother's synthesizers back to life with disastrous consequences for her and her father.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Director
    Bear Damen
  • Screenwriter
    Bear Damen
  • Producer
    Salim El Arja, Po Wei Su, Bear Damen
  • Cast
    Ivanna Plantier, Antonio Trejo Sánchez
  • Cinematographer
    Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
  • Editor
    Bear Damen
  • Composer
    Bear Damen, Rob Kovacs
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