Carlos Corral CAS

Producer, Sound Mixer & Founder of El Paso Film Festival

A father, with a few minutes to live, films himself to warm his son of a threat that is to come for him in 26 years.

Cycle

A woman confronts her husbands killer to find closure.

Tempered

When his relationship falls apart, a creatively stifled photographer making uninspired commercial content becomes infatuated with a sex worker.

I See a Darkness

Rick, a Mexican American border patrol agent, nearly kills two Mexican illegal immigrants, Jose Luis and Enrique, after thinking that they are trying to hurt his teenage son Chris, who has been severely injured riding his ATV near the U.S. Mexico border.

Red Sands

Sunrise follows an elderly painter artist who has lost his vision due to age and decides to paint one last piece before being taken from his home. The painter suffers a heart attack and his son is too late to save him. The artist passes away and becomes a memory like his paintings.

Sunrise

Zippora, a lonely widow in an abandoned ghost town meets Wade, a mysterious drifter. She is haunted by the memories of her dead husband and the range wars she witnessed as a child. Wade struggles to convince her to face the present. Zippora's Uncle Gus, a lifetime rancher is losing his ranch in part because of Yellow Star Thistle.

The Last Days of Shaniko

The El Paso Film Festival is one of the region’s largest showcase of independently produced narrative and documentary films.

The El Paso Film Festival was created by filmmaker Carlos Corral in 2018 with the support of the El Paso Filmmakers organization. With the philanthropic help of the Paso Del Norte Community Foundation, the El Paso Film Festival screens original film showcases for aspiring filmmakers and for all who look to enjoy independent work that they won't see in a mainstream theater.

As the signature independent film festival of El Paso, the El Paso Film Festival brings quality short and feature films to its attendees and participants. Working to expand the introduction of new independent films, the festival inspires individuals and groups to embark on their creative journey to write and tell their story for the film and television industry.

From narrative to documentary films, philanthropic support is given to everyone involved in the art of filmmaking. The Paso Del Norte Community Foundation and El Paso Film Festival have thus teamed up to support independent cinema in the southwest border region. We look forward to seeing you at this year's spectacular event.

El Paso Film Festival

Having worked with the likes of Coldplay, PJ Harvey and Mumford and Sons, this director charts the intimate, artistic and personal relationship between Omar Rodriguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala from progressive band The Mars Volta.

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

Two undocumented immigrants take the simple job of digging a hole in the desert, but when their employers turn out to be psychopaths, staying alive will become the most complex job of their lives.

Bad Hombres

Bedridden tells the story of Teri, a weary widow, facing the painful task of rebuilding her life as a single mother, following a traumatic encounter with an armed assailant. When her worst fears seemingly come true, Teri finds herself bedridden and trapped with her newest foe in a cat and mouse game of life and death.

Bedridden

Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.

Robots

On Guard is a coming of age story as told through the eyes of five teenage women of color growing up in an era unlike any other.

On Guard: A Story of American Youth

A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.

The Locksmith

El Pavo Bravo

A young school teacher named Ellie Dee tries to navigate her many possible matches in the world of superhero fetish match making.

Down for Dee

Three students at an El Paso, Texas high school look to sports as a path toward success.

Home + Away

"Beyond Oak Island" digs deep into the many treasure quests across the globe, revealing amazing new details and clues from past searches--and in some cases, advancing the hunt.

Beyond Oak Island

A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.

At the Ready

Home Base

A collection of 24 films that take a look at the dark side of the festive season. 24 international directors with the most diverse ideas and styles; linked by short animated segments that deal with the Advent calendar itself.

Deathcember

An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves--and each other.

Stargirl

A year after a major event in Harold's life, he must decide what to do that will change everything.

Rook

Off-Key

Cruces

Darlin'

A behind-the-scenes documentary following Beto O'Rourke's breakaway campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate.

Running with Beto

A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature.

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

Over dinner, a business owner invites an intern over in desperate need of help.

Reaper

A Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.

Dirty Money

Gabriel Martinez feels he's responsible for a young lady's death. The incident brings out a retiring warhorse Detective, Noble, who takes it upon himself to solve the case.

Paranoid Flux

Two people search for forgiveness in different ways and different places but discover their connection runs far deeper than originally thought.

Mayra

While moving into his new apartment and beginning his new life away from home, Richard attempts to write down an old girlfriend's phone number before his cell phone runs out of battery.

On the anniversary of his young son's death, border patrol agent Ramon Nunez (NARCO'S Juan Pablo Raba) finds redemption at the hands of an illegal alien in a single polarizing and life-altering night.

Nacido de Nuevo

The greatest demand is your courage. After a difficult breakup with his girlfriend Rebecca, Leo struggles to regain his confidence and fight during his next boxing match.

Gatekeeper

Rookie correctional officers step foot into New Mexico prison and are taught to learn ways of handling criminals and their toughness.

Behind Bars: Rookie Year

After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

In the wake of a global economic collapse and social chaos, Texas secedes from the United States and a stark new border dynamic is born. Now, a desperate mother is forced to brave hostile territory to save her child's life.

Odessa

Documentary series featuring startling, groundbreaking stories from around the world.

Vice

A crew search for all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s.

Atari: Game Over

A theatre company prepares to perform a cursed play on the anniversary of a local massacre.

Opening Night

Veterans struggling with PTSD are paired with service dogs as they undergo rehabilitation.

Dogs of War

Various conspiracy-like theories about events in America.

America Declassified

The oddest couple takes an unforgettable journey through the American Southwest, finding happiness in the unlikeliest of places and seeing in each other what no one else has seen before. Maya is a product of childhood abuse who escapes her shattered life in Los Angeles and meets Duncan, a hermit from a tiny town.

The Odd Way Home

A young genius on the run from the Mexican cartel must hide out in an orphanage while he uncovers the secret to a device that provides unlimited energy.

Unlimited

Two professional hitmen meet at a motel to discuss their new target.

Eye on the Prize

America Tonight

United States of Food

A military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.

Child of the Desert

Tamara stays in for the night home alone when all of sudden, a random stranger appears at her door. The man tells Tamara that he can cleanse her and attempts to kill Tamara.

Repent

Josefina Perez is an undocumented immigrant with a young daughter, and an abusive husband. Fearing for her daughter's safety, she risks everything and decides to seek help at a local women's shelter.

The Undocumented Victim

Maria pleads with her son not to mimic the abusive behavior he sees at home. Fearing her son may fall victim to the cycle of abuse, Maria executes her safety plan in order to leave her abusive husband for good.

The Safety Plan

Alejandra and Benjamin share a secret. They seem like a normal newly wed couple on the outside, but when they are alone, the cycle of abuse is revealed.

The Cycle

High school teenager Natalie Rivera becomes a victim of dating violence and suffers the cycle of physical and emotional abuse by her boyfriend Alex.

Teen Dating Violence

On Halloween night a teen girl tampers with a Ouija board and comes face-to-face with a childhood nightmare.

Don't Look Under the Bed

Two door-to-door booksellers visit a recently widowed housewife with plans to fill the void left by her late husband.

American Salesman

Los Encinos is a human element story that explores tragedy and forgiveness as it parallels the lives of a struggling South Texas ranch family and a Mexican immigrant both hoping for a better future. The film chronicles the final fateful steps of their journeys as they converge.

Los encinos

Two actors. One grip. One DP. One director. Sixty-nine takes and this failed short film still isn't cool.

Almost Cool

After his release from prison, Zeke exacts his revenge on the people responsible for his demise.

Sawed-Off

Who heals the healer? Dr. Michael Vidal is in his final year of residency and has just been named senior chief resident of the heart surgery program at his hospital. After his father's death, he slowly begins to lose touch with reality and resorts to drinking while on the job. When Dr.

Hands of God

Every Thursday night at a local Taco Cabana in El Paso Texas, Manuel Nunez and friends put on a cross dressing drag queen show titled 'Samantha's Travesti Show'. Through the use of comedy and entertainment, Samantha, Viviana, and Zayda break the borders of transgender identity and acceptance.

Breaking Borders: Cross-Dressers & Drag Queens of El Paso, TX

A group of filmmakers set out to make a 48hr. slasher film about a giant pile of trash with multiple personalities only to realize that a serial killer has put them in his own slasher film.

Torture Corn

A beautiful gypsy opens the door to a forgotten place where dancing and expression come together to form an array of distant memories.

La gitana de Triana

When John goes to pick up his little brother Jaydan from school, he discovers that a bully named Jordan has stolen his little brother's lunch money. When John tried to deal with the situation, he realizes that he has to deal with a bully of his own.

My Brother's Bully

Octavio became a priest. Andres became a mobster. What starts off to be just another day for two brothers soon turns into the beginnings of a bloody massacre when Andres stumbles upon confidential documents in a client's briefcase. The brothers must learn to put aside differences if they hope to get out alive.

Santos

The Reality of the Situation

Friendship is tested between two best friends when first a girl comes between them, and then death.

Sobre tu cadaver

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