🎬Pólvora en el corazón

Claudia (Andrea Henry) and Maria (Vanessa Hernández) are two young queer women living in the vibrant yet dangerously volatile urban streets of Guatemala City. Claudia works at a call center and lives with her grandfather, an old-school activist, while Maria lives with her mother in a working-class neighborhood. Navigating their secret, passionate romance, they find freedom riding Maria's motorcycle through the neon-lit city at night.

Their world fractures when they are targeted and brutally assaulted by a group of men during a late-night outing. In the aftermath of the trauma, the couple clashes over how to cope: while Claudia tries to heal and move forward, Maria becomes consumed by a fiery desire for revenge. Armed with a gun and driven by rage, Maria sets off a dangerous chain reaction that forces both women to confront the brutal realities of justice, survival, and love in a deeply patriarchal society.

💡 Did you know?
SXSW & Huelva Festival Premiere: Directed by Camila Urrutia, the film made its international mark at top-tier festivals including the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival and SXSW.

Pioneering Guatemalan Queer Cinema: Gunpowder Heart stands as one of the few internationally recognized feature films from Guatemala to explicitly center lesbian leads, queer identity, and systemic gender violence.

Bold Feminist Vision: Director Camila Urrutia drew heavy inspiration from her own experiences growing up in Guatemala, aiming to capture the raw energy, danger, and resilience of young women carving out space in Central America.

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