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
