The drama America’s Family had a strong showing at the 25th annual Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles, claiming the Grand Jury Award for Features as well as the Audience Award for Competition Features when the fest wrapped on Sunday.The film from writer-director Anike L.
Tourse watches as the Diaz family home is raided by ICE on Thanksgiving, with mother Marisol (Tourse) being put in detention, son Koke (Ricardo Cisneros) being deported and father Jorge (Mauricio Mendoza) fleeing for protective sanctuary.
Marisol and Jorge’s two American-born children—young attorney Emiliano (Emmanuel López Alonso) and his disabled teen sister Valentina (Jailene Arias)—then scramble to reunite the family as their parents and brother fight to get home.DWF is a festival celebrating the best of the best in independent film, which is based at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
It ran this year from June 9-19. Closing out the festival last night was the thriller Ghostwritten, starring Jay Duplass. 2022’s entire list of winners can be found below.GRAND JURY AWARD for FeaturesAMERICA’S FAMILY written & directed by Anike L.
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