Carolina, the director, uses a fantastical portal to connect with her childhood self and reconstruct her Chinese migrant grandparents' old hotel. The two of them embark a journey together to Costa Rica's Limón, in search for answers to keep the legacy of Chinese-Caribbean migration alive in the collective memory. Through a nostalgic child-like lens, we are transported through a digital portal of fantasy, blurring the lines of non-fiction, fiction and video-like animation. This journey invites us to reimagine how both memories of childhood and migration re-construct places and people that no longer exist, all while portraying the director's experience as a Costa Rican-Chinese child growing up surrounded by both cultures.
Carolina Fung is a Chinese-Costa Rican filmmaker and illustrator. Her fiction short film, "Nos atraviesa un cuerpo de agua" (A Body of Water Crosses Us), premiered at the 2025 Costa Rica International Film Festival, won Best Short Film at the Cartago Film Festival, received an Honorable Mention at the Lúdico Latin American Short Film Festival, and has been screened in Colombia, Madrid, Venezuela, and Argentina. Her short documentary, "Se Busca a Gerardo" (Looking for Gerardo) (2024), won the Audience Award at the Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival, received an Honorable Mention at Shorts Costa Rica, and has been screened in Guatemala, Colombia, and Spain. Her debut feature documentary, "Hotel Fung," was selected for Proyectos Atitlán and the Extremadura Film Residency.
European co-production for the development of animation or VR, and Panamanian co-production. Funding: Bertha Fund Classic, El Fauno Fund, and Ibermedia Co-Development and Co-production. Strengthening alliances with festivals that have strong ties to innovative and creative documentaries, such as CPH:DOX, IDFA, DocsLisboa, IFFR, and Cannes Docs.
Sofía Meza is a Costa Rican filmmaker and communications professional, graduated from the University of Costa Rica. She was selected as an emerging talent at the 2020 Ícaro Film Festival and the 2022 Málaga Talent program. She produced the short films “Para Mirar un Eclipse” (2017) and “Iridiscente” (2021). She is the executive producer of the feature-length documentary “Hombres Perdidos,” a recipient of the Fauno Fund and selected for multiple industry events, including the “Spotlighted Projects” section of the 2025 Marché du Film. She is currently working on the feature films in development: “Hotel Fung” by Carolina Fung, selected for the 2025 Atitlán Projects and the 3rd Extremadura Film Residency, and “Cacao Tea” by Marcia Arenas.