Talent Guide
Miguel Angel Caballero
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- Discipline:Director, Producer, Writer
- Program Year:Fast Track 2021
Bio
Miguel Angel is an award-winning writer/director/producer. His latest short film, “Acuitzeramo” was acquired by HBO for a January 2022 release. The film premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival, won Best Short at the Imagen Awards (2020), and Best LGBTQ Short at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival (2020). His previous film, “Broken Sunflower Hearts”, was named by Remezcla Magazine as one of the year’s Best Short Films by US Latinx Directors. He is a recipient of the 2021 WarnerMedia 150 Artist Grant and is co-founder of Cabaldana Alchemy.
Current Project
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After being diagnosed with retrograde amnesia, Angel, a husband, and father, struggles to remember who he is. As memories and repressed feelings return, he realizes he’s been living his entire life in the closet, leading to an encounter with Joshua, an estranged high school friend he was once in love with.