After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.

In TheyDream, director William David Caballero brings together decades’ worth of his family’s stories in a profoundly moving and creative work of intergenerational healing through art. At its center is Milly, Caballero’s mother, who dutifully bore the responsibility of caregiving for her father, mother, and husband as they dealt with aging and various health concerns. Working in close collaboration with Milly, Caballero uses miniatures and motion capture technology to transform old home movies and recorded conversations with departed family members into sometimes whimsical, often bittersweet animated sequences. Demonstrating deep vulnerability and candor, TheyDream and its stories of familial love and loss are both uniquely personal and universally resonant.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 10th @ 9 pm

CHARLOTTE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 17th @ 7 pm

CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 18th @ 6 pm and April 19th @ 3:30 pm

MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 21st @ 8pm and April 22nd @ 2 pm

ZEITGEIST MINNESOTA FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 23rd @ 7:30 pm

IMAGEOUT ROCHESTER - screening on April 25th @ 2:45 pm

ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL - screening on April 26th @ 4 pm