Experiencing Interruptions?

Three Days in Tlaquepaque

As the winter grows harsh, a woman pens a letter to a lover who has yet to write back.

  • Duncan Analco
    Director
    Symphonie Fantastique
  • Duncan Analco
    Writer
    Symphonie Fantastique
  • Duncan Analco
    Producer
    Symphonie Fantastique, One For My Baby
  • Verónica Casado Hernández
    Key Cast
    "The Woman"
  • Claudia Contreras Esquinca
    Key Cast
    "The Woman (Voice)"
  • Duncan Analco
    Cinematographer
  • Duncan Analco
    Editors
  • Duncan Analco
    Sound Design
  • Jason Ronan
    Assitant Camera/Loader
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Avant-Garde
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 18, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    450 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Kodak 100ft of Film Project
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    February 23, 2026
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Duncan Analco

Duncan Alessandro Analco is a Mexican-American film director, producer, writer, editor, photographer, and musician from Durham, North Carolina with a BA in filmmaking from Columbia College Chicago. With a concentration in the avant-garde, his films utilize unconventional storytelling methods such as long takes, slow pacing, and the use of non-professional actors. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements, melancholic explorations of time and memory, and dreamlike visual imagery.

In 2021, he was awarded the Emerging Artists Program grant by the Durham Arts Council for his photography, and has had his films shown in Chicago, Mexico City, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Durham, among others.

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Director Statement

Made in association with Kodak, the Atlanta Film Society, and Kodak Film Lab Atlanta, "Three Days in Tlaquepaque" was a product of Kodak's "100ft of Film Project," where 30 different teams were tasked with creating a film out of just 100ft of 16mm film. Whereas most teams had a full cast and crew and were fully based in Atlanta, I was the sole writer, director, producer, editor, sound designer, and cinematographer of my film—a film with just a singular character in its cast, and shot entirely in Chicago.

I used these limitations to craft a vérité that echoes the written words of a nameless Latin-American woman, stuck in the throes of a dark and isolating Chicago winter, to her distant lover in Mexico, who has suddenly stopped replying to her letters. "Three Days in Tlaquepaque" utilizes one respective shot for each of three chosen locations and invites intimate observation and patience through methodical long takes and narration. I want the audience to sit with the pain of waiting, of not knowing; the pain of a possible unrequited limerence in an urban landscape that pushes forward regardless of your desire to remain still.

The inspiration for this film comes directly from the hurt I've experienced in my written letters going unanswered in the isolation I have found myself in for the past two and a half years. The isolation accentuates and intensifies all negative feelings, and this film serves as a foray into them as well as an extension of hope that persistence will bring forth change. With this, I hope you enjoy my newest film, "Three Days in Tlaquepaque."