LOS FRIKIS

By Tyler NILSON, Michael SCHWARTZ

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True Story - Completed 2024


Festivals
& Awards

Miami Film Festival 2024
Knight Mambas Award
Nantucket Film Festival 2024
Best Narrative Feature
SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2024
Best Narrative Feature Film
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • True Story, Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 111 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tyler NILSON, Michael SCHWARTZ
    • Synopsis
    • Set against the backdrop of Cuba’s 1990’s punk subculture, LOS FRIKIS is a powerful coming-of-age story centering around Gustavo who idolizes his brother Paco and his rebellious bandmates. As oppression and extreme poverty tighten their grip, the Frikis take a desperate and defiant stand, intentionally injecting themselves with HIV to gain refuge in a government-run sanatorium. There, in a world meant for isolation, they carve out their own anarchic utopia — an oasis of rock 'n' roll, joy, freedom and acceptance.