Films dealing with current political crises are always in peril of becoming overly biased or didactic. What Simón director Diego Vicentini beautifully achieves is focusing on the story of one individual.

The most powerful thing about this film is its collectiveness. Simon's life is that of millions of Venezuelans right now, making its impactful story, soul and sentiment, inseparable from reality, and incredibly brave. [Full review in Spanish]

A gripping, emotionally taxing portrait of a young asylum-seeker who faces a war of worlds, forced to decide if the safety of the U.S. outweighs the guilt of leaving Venezuela.

A great reflection of the trauma Venezuelans have gone through for decades, seen from the eyes of a young man who dared to do what others condemn.