“Three years after being separated following an attempted border-crossing, Fernanda is reunited with her 12-year-old son Juan. But the small child she knew is now a teenage boy. It’s not the reunion Fernanda has been dreaming of, and forced to reconcile with the fact that her son has had to create a life without her, she must learn how to connect with him again.”
An American Film Institute Conservatory thesis film. Received the Student DGA Jury Award, and was shortlisted for a Cannes Lions Young Director Award.
Director: Anna Lo Westlin
Writers: David Orantes & Anna Lo Westlin
Producer: Cindy Zhang
Cinematographer: Augusto Garcia
Production Designer: Yibo Kou
Editor: Larissa Stang
www.bienvenidojuanito.com