Director Kattia G. Zúñiga makes her feature debut with coming of age
drama Sister & Sister. The film stars newcomers Ariana Chaves Gavilán and Cala Rossel Campos as two teenage
Costa Rican sisters who travel to Panama in search of their estranged
father.
Sister & Sister receives its world premiere at the SXSW
Film Festival on March 11th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
An intimate and tender tale of sisterhood in the urban tropics, starring newcomers Ariana Chaves Gavilán and Cala Rossel Campos, the film narrates the story of Marina (17) and Luna (14), who travel from Costa Rica to Panama during summer vacation to look for their absent father.
As the pair deal with frictions that arise between them, they also find space to explore their desires, new friendships, lovers, and skateboarding, on a journey toward emancipation where they discover the joy in the simple act of hanging out.