Yochi, a 9-year-old selectively mute Mayan boy, guards a nest of endangered Yellow-Headed Parrots in Belize’s pine savannah. When his beloved older brother, Itza, returns from the city, Yochi learns that he’s in debt and has turned to poaching – setting the brothers on a collision course.

Want to learn more about the making of Yochi? Read our interview with the director Ilana Lapid.

 

Yochi

2017 US 25 min
Festival Year: 2018
Types: Narrative, Short, Watch Now
Topic: Global Perspectives

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