# @filmindependent on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzYuVeklBd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63167148-filmindependent-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-06T20:05:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Film Independent (@filmindependent) — https://gondola.cc/filmindependent

## Caption

For the first time, #FiPresents is bringing you a Programmers’ Pick online! Watch ‘Mad Bills to Pay: (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)’ + a pre-recorded Q&A with writer/director Joel Alfonso Vargas. Moderated by Carolina Saavedra (Executive Producer, Writer, Creative).
 
In a tight knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico is hustling his way through the summer. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny, moves in with his family, their small apartment turns into a stage for their messy, complicated young love.

A raw and authentic look at life in writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas’ hometown, starring discovery talent Juan Collado and Destiny Checo. 

Premiered at 2025 Sundanceorg and played at Berlinale.

📅 April 15–16 | Link in bio
🎟 #FiMembers, register NOW!

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fipresents, fimembers

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