La Mitad del Mundo/The Middle of the World

Three brave girls tell their harrowing stories through a combination of experimental camerawork and paper stop-motion animation to protect their identities, including animation created by survivors.

Shortly after being rescued, underage survivors are in the process of healing in a safehouse in Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador, a town located at 0 degrees latitude. Far from being throwaways, the girls are but young people searching for their true selves after surviving traumatic events.

Years later, they acclimate to life outside of the safehouse. Although robbed of their childhoods, once far along, it becomes apparent they have yet to lose their dreams and hope for the future.

This film is part of a film block. Please purchase a ticket for the block to see this film.

Filmmaker: Erika Valenciana