This film’s Online Screening is available in the United States Only and requires an RSVP. Once you’ve secured your RSVP, watch this film starting at 9am CT on Saturday, March 12, 2022 through 9am CT on Monday, March 14, 2022, here on this page or on the SXSW TV app. Learn how to RSVP for SXSW Online Screenings: https://www.sxsw.com/how-to-rsvp-for-sxsw-online-screenings/

Check out the Conference Session with What We Leave Behind's Director and Producer, Iliana Sosa: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2022/events/PP120204

At the age of 89, Julián takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children—a lengthy trip he's made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones? Director Iliana Sosa films her grandfather's work, gently sifting through Julián's previously unspoken memories and revealing both the pragmatism and poetry of his life. WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND unfolds as a love letter to her grandfather, as well as an intimate exploration of her own relationship with him and his homeland.