Shorts Block 4

$5.00 + tax

Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 10:00 AM Central Time
Victoria Fine Arts Center · Victoria, Texas

Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video) · The Opposites: Volume One – Untamed Energy · LA PALETA · Nightshade · Proof of Life · Devil and the Sea · One Continent · In Half · How They Built a Movement · Courting · Charro 250 · Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii

General admission · $5 plus sales tax · One ticket for the complete block

Fine print: All sales final; refunds only if Viva cancels this block. General admission, first-come seating, subject to venue capacity. Arrive 15–20 minutes early; late entry may be limited. Your QR ticket is emailed and is good for one entry. No recording of films. Venue rules apply. Full Ticket Terms

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About this screening

Sunday, November 8, 2026. 10:00–12:25 Central (includes scheduled Q&A where applicable).

Victoria Fine Arts Center
1002 Sam Houston Dr, Victoria, TX 77901

General admission: $5 + 8.25% sales tax. One ticket covers this entire screening block. No assigned seating.

Films in screening order

  1. Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video)
  2. The Opposites: Volume One – Untamed Energy
  3. LA PALETA
  4. Nightshade
  5. Proof of Life
  6. Devil and the Sea
  7. One Continent
  8. In Half
  9. How They Built a Movement
  10. Courting
  11. Charro 250
  12. Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii

Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video)

Submitted by Liana V. Andreasen · Runtime: 0:03:03

The film features scenes from a short film, about a fight between a mother and a daughter and a reconciliation at the end.

Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video) — film poster
Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video) — film poster
Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video) — film image
Only Yesterday Has a Name (music video) — film image

The Opposites: Volume One – Untamed Energy

Director Lucio Nieto · Runtime: 0:14:33

The film centers around Max, a high school student dealing with loss, and his journey into the unhealed parts of himself after splitting into two in an alternate universe known as The Root.

In this action/comedy/drama infused with magical elements, the intention is to encourage our current generation of teenagers to “do the work.”

The most important aspect of this process is to provide a safe space for youth to exist in their full expression in a realm of creativity to heal.

The Opposites: Volume One - Untamed Energy — film poster
The Opposites: Volume One – Untamed Energy — film poster
The Opposites: Volume One - Untamed Energy — director portrait
The Opposites: Volume One – Untamed Energy — director portrait

LA PALETA

Director Brandon Basilio · Runtime: 0:03:10

A little girl tries to find a snack for her friend.

LA PALETA — film poster
LA PALETA — film poster

Nightshade

Director Jimmy Willden · Runtime: 0:13:29

A young weary caregiver and a fiercely independent elderly woman are forced to confront buried memories and shared grief, revealing a bond deeper than either remembered.

Nightshade — film poster
Nightshade — film poster
Nightshade — director portrait
Nightshade — director portrait

Proof of Life

Director Tenley E. Eakin · Runtime: 0:06:00

A morning. A garden. A mother and son. What it means to still be here. *CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGERY – This is a film about recovery.

Proof of Life — film poster
Proof of Life — film poster
Proof of Life — film image
Proof of Life — film image

Devil and the Sea

Director Justyce Williams · Runtime: 0:14:40

Shipwrecked and stranded, Captain Elizabeth leads her dwindling crew across a ruthless island, but as exhaustion mounts and secrets unravel, trust fractures—leaving them to question not just their course, but their captain herself.

Shipwrecked. Marooned. Stranded with no way back. Captain Elizabeth leads what’s left of her crew across an unforgiving island, their hard-earned fortune now little more than a cruel reminder of what they’ve lost. But as exhaustion sets in, so do the questions about their course, about their captain, and about the truth she isn’t telling.

With tensions rising and loyalties fraying, old promises clash with harsh realities. Every step forward feels like one closer to ruin, but turning back isn’t an option. As night falls, the final reckoning looms; what is a captain without the trust of her crew? And what happens when the dream that brought them together threatens to tear them apart?

A tale of ambition, betrayal, and the cost of chasing the horizon, Devil and the Sea unravels a mystery as treacherous as the seas themselves.

Devil and the Sea — film poster
Devil and the Sea — film poster
Devil and the Sea — film image
Devil and the Sea — film image

One Continent

Director Raquel Piantino · Runtime: 0:09:29

One Continent” presents the real stories of four South Americans who migrated to Texas between 2020 and 2024. Coming from Venezuela, Brazil, and Colombia, these immigrants share the challenges and hopes of leaving their home countries and starting over in the United States. The film is a portrait of courage and the intersecting paths in the search for a new future.

One Continent — film poster
One Continent — film poster
One Continent — film image
One Continent — film image

In Half

Director Jorge Morais Valle · Runtime: 0:24:30

Through a child's imagination it tells the journey of a man who after falling prey to his fears, he must cross a strange world, a universe full of magic, where he will be confronted with his own fears and conflicts from the past and where he must find solutions for the future to discover his self-identity.

(Extended synopsis)

In Half unfolds through the eyes of a child whose imagination becomes the lens through which we witness one man's unraveling. Crushed beneath the weight of his own fears, he finds himself pulled into a world at once enchanting and deeply unsettling, a place that obeys not the logic of the waking world, but the hidden logic of the psyche.

Within this realm, suspended between dream and reality, every creature, every landscape, and every obstacle reflects the wounds, losses, and unresolved conflicts he has spent a lifetime trying to outrun. To move forward, he must turn toward the parts of himself he buried long ago and understand that fear is not an adversary, but a threshold to be crossed.

In Half is a visual fable about human vulnerability and our capacity for transformation, a reminder that even what seems broken still carries the quiet possibility of renewal.

In Half — film poster
In Half — film poster
In Half — film image
In Half — film image

How They Built a Movement

Director Oddett Garza · Runtime: 0:08:36

In How They Built a Movement, a young activist sits down with renowned civil rights attorney Jim Harrington, founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project and Texas attorney to César Chávez, to learn the enduring lessons of grassroots organizing. Through personal reflection and archival context, the film seeks to bridge generations, linking Harrington’s early fights for farmworkers’ rights to today’s ongoing struggles for justice, equity, and human dignity. Both urgent and timeless, Harrington distills decades of movement wisdom into a clear-eyed meditation on how ordinary people can drive extraordinary change.

How They Built a Movement — film poster
How They Built a Movement — film poster
How They Built a Movement — film image
How They Built a Movement — film image

Courting

Director Abbey Monroe · Runtime: 0:08:46

When a mix-up over a tennis court reservation puts two competitive players head-to-head just days before a career-changing tournament, they’ll do whatever it takes to claim the court. But as their battle of wills turns into something that looks suspiciously like courtship, they’ll have to decide what matters more: will they win the court or win each other's hearts?

Courting — film poster
Courting — film poster
Courting — film image
Courting — film image

Charro 250

Director Diego Huerta · Runtime: 0:07:18

250 years ago, while the United States was being born from the 13 colonies on the East Coast, more than half of the current western territory belonged to Mexico.

Far from telling this story from a perspective of division or conflict, CHARRO 250 embraces this reality as a love letter to our shared heritage. It is a way to remember, with profound respect, that the character, strength, and identity of the United States are deeply enriched by its Latino and Mexican legacy. This is the story of how Old Mexico helped forge the New United States.

Charro 250 — film poster
Charro 250 — film poster
Charro 250 — film image
Charro 250 — film image

Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii

Director Robert Cantu · Runtime: 0:17:25

Det. Bailey wants all the news coverage, notoriety, and most of all attention, her partner's (Det. Clark) receiving.

Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii — film poster
Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii — film poster
Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii — film image
Emotionally Disturbed Person aka: Riii — film image

Event Details

Date: November 8, 2026

Start time: 10:00 CST

End time: 12:25 CST

Venue: Victoria Fine Arts Center | 1002 Sam Houston Dr, Victoria, TX 77901

Coordinates: 28.8239182, -96.9731461

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