The Tide Inside
About the Film
A Colombian teenage girl in Los Angeles begins to unravel as the threat of deportation creeps into her world. Though raised to believe herself strong, a quiet unease grows inside her, as fear pulls her away from everything that once felt safe. As she struggles to piece together memories that bleed into the present, fragments of childhood, and fleeting love, she confronts the rhythm of the waves and the tide inside her in a world that threatens to erase her.
Director: Lorena Villanueva
Producer: Esteban Orozco
United States, Colombia // 2025 // Drama, Experimental, Romance // LOLA Award Nominee - Los Shorts
10 minutes
About the Filmmaker
Lorena Villanueva is a Colombian director and producer based in Los Angeles with over a decade of experience in the Film and TV industry. She completed her Master’s in Film Direction in Spain and directed her first short, FUOCO FATUO in Italy. She directed two more short films INÉS (ColFilmNY ‘21) and BED SMASH (Best Short Film- Festival SantaFe de Antioquia ‘24).
Lorena produced the feature COROZO, which premiered at the ChiLatino Film Festival ´24, won the Audience Award at the ColFilmNY ‘24 and is set for release March 2026. She is the co-writer, director and producer of the short film THE TIDE INSIDE, and is currently developing her feature debut GAIRA, a love story about searching for forgiveness in the aftermath of Colombia’s internal conflict. She is the producer of the feature TEOREMA, selected for the NALIP Accelerator ‘25, and a member of the Colombian Academy of Motion Pictures.
