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the in between

directed by robie flores
produced by alejandro j flores

USA, Mexico / 82 Mins / Spanish, English

Logline:

Following her brother’s death, filmmaker Robie Flores returns home to the Texas-Mexico border. Dancing playfully between personal and collective coming-of-age experiences, Robie rediscovers the possibilities of joy in the aftermath of grief, while offering a nuanced and unexpected portrait of the border.

Synopsis:

Following the death of her brother, filmmaker Robie Flores returns to her hometown Eagle Pass on the Texas/Mexico border, wanting to turn back time. She collides with unruly experiences of adolescence – quinceañeras, Rio Grande river excursions, teen makeovers and beyond – that invite her to soak up the details of the home her brother adored and she ignored. What emerges is a playful dance between a personal and collective coming-of-age portrait of kids on the border and Robie herself as she rediscovers the possibilities of joy in the aftermath of grief.

“Mesmerizing … A tender rumination on loss and memory worth seeing” - The Austin Chronicle
★★★★ “A heart-stirring journey which ponders the joy and pain of adolescence and the ongoing struggle of finding joy in the midst of grief” - Loud & Clear Reviews
Robie Flores is an independent filmmaker and video editor based in New Orleans and Eagle Pass, Texas, drawn to telling stories that explore the nuances of her fronterizo and Mexican-American communities. "The In Between" is her first documentary feature. She has also directed a documentary short for the "Bridge Builders" series about justice.
Alejandro Flores attended UT Austin with plans to start a film company with his siblings. In 2015 he moved for training in Germany and Austria for the launch of Lidl America in 2017. He left the company to pursue his original plan and is producing his first documentary, The In Between, which has received support from Chicken & Egg’s Diversity Fellows Initiative and was selected for IFP’s 2018 Documentary Lab and the 2018 Points North Fellowship. Alejandro has received support from the Sundance Institute as an emerging producer and is also a fellow for New Orleans Film Society’s Southern Producer’s Lab.
2024
SXSW - Documentary Feature Competition (World Premiere)
Cleveland Int. Film Festival - Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
IFF Boston
Bentonville FF - Documentary Competition
Filmfest Munich (International / European Premiere)
CineFestival San Antonio
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Morelia Int'l. Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Length: 82 mins
World Premiere: SXSW 2024
Director: Robie Flores
Producer: Alejandro J Flores (Ambiente Films), Kellen Quinn
Cinematographer: Robie Flores, Alejandro J Flores
Editor: Robie Flores, Chloe Abrahams
Music: Camilo Lara, Demian Galvez
Sound: César González, Juan Antonio Pacheco