In Texas, on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba dance through long summer nights. Stuck in the immigration process in a politically divided America, home seems fragile. But their bond is not. The half-light is a space for poetry and dreams.

Directed by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía "Beba" Contreras
Co-directed by Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Diane Ng
Produced by Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Diane Ng
Co-DPed by Miguel Drake-McLaughlin and Diane Ng
Edited by Isidore Bethel & Jillian Schlesinger

World Premiering at Berlin International Film Festival 2023 — WINNER of Grand Prix Best International Film (Generation 14plus)
US Premiere at True/False Film Festival

Supported by:
Field of Vision
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grantee 2020
NBC Original Voices Fellowship 2021
SFFILM Documentary Film Fund 2021
Ford Foundation JustFilms Grant 2022
International Documentary Association (Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund)
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Frameline Completion Fund
Firelight Media
Austin Film Society
MacArthur Foundation
BAVC Media
Cowboy Bear Ninja
Threshold Foundation
Mountain Film