A BURNING TURRET

Iberoamerican Short Film Contest 53 ED. 2025
Mexico 2025 22' Fiction

After a violent confrontation, a wounded soldier is rescued by Yolanda, an elderly farmer, and her granddaughter Alejandra. After hiding him in their ranch, Yolanda must decide whether she should help him, risking their own lives, while Alejandra pursues her own suspicions.

Humberto Flores Jáuregui

Mexican director, editor, and post-producer. His short film, Fifth of June (2021), won a Special Mention at the 19th Morelia International Film Festival. His next work, David (For Now) (2024), was filmed under the consultancy of Apichatpong Weerasethakul during the Creator’s Lab by Playlab Films, and had its international premiere at the True/False Film Fest 2025. He’s currently distributing the short film A Burning Turret (2025) and developing his first feature film, Manuel (or The Void).

TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:

Humberto Flores Jáuregui

SCRIPT:

Humberto Flores Jáuregui

PRODUCTION:

Mónica Velasco, Sergio Martínez

EDITING:

Manuel Acuña A., Humberto Flores Jáuregui

ART:

Tanya Sánchez

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Bruno Herrera

ORIGINAL MUSIC:

Hermanito

SOUND:

Rubí J. Pérez, Rafael Gepe Arcos, Mario Martínez Cobos

CAST:

Michelle Martínez Hernández, Guadalupe Ortíz, Jesús Estrada Escobedo, Ernesto Meléndez

CONTACT:

bogoshortsfilmagency@gmail.com