Principal Screens ¡Hola Cine! at Des Moines Art Center
Extraordinary Latinx shorts for all ages
Principal® will screen the Festival’s annual Spanish-language program, ¡Hola Cine!, featuring the best Latinx short films from around the world, transporting audiences across the
Principal Community Relations and the Principal Hispanic Employee Resource Group are hosting ¡Hola Cine! to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Principal funds organizations and programming to connect employees to the community and to educate and support people so they are empowered to live more financially secure lives.
¡Hola Cine! features six shorts with a runtime of 55 minutes. All shorts are in English or with English subtitles. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Shorts include:
“THE DANCE”
Andrés has a big, big toe problem: his right shoe has a huge hole in it. Normally, that wouldn’t be an issue, but the school dance is tomorrow, and he’s got his crush Mariana to impress!
“EL MOÑO”
After her favorite sock goes missing, Andrea learns some family magic that helps her find lost objects in the most unexpected ways. She’ll soon discover that toys and coins aren’t the only things that can get lost.
“LA CALESITA”
A beloved Argentinian merry-go-round operation brings joy to the neighborhood families in this warm and vivid story of what comes around, goes around.
“THE LUGGAGE ROOM”
A devoted abuelita dreams of the day she can reunite with her grandchildren, cramming her suitcase with mountains of gifts and heaps of precious memories.
“FONOS”
Chloe has bottled up her feelings along with the sounds that remind her of her beloved grandfather until a songbird shows her the way to maintain the spirit of his beautiful music.
“WITH A WOOL BALL”
A ball of wool, a catchy song, and beautiful felted stop motion tell this boldly colored tale of a girl who weaves ponchos and steeps hot maté to keep her friends toasty in the hills of
The New York International Children’s Film Festival is an Oscar®-qualifying film festival offering the largest and most prestigious festival for children’s film in
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1 As of June 30, 2024
2 Ethisphere, 2024
3 Pensions & Investments, 2023
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