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2013 | Color | 52 min

Oasis is a small world of opposites. It is a safe haven for the HIV-positive Maya indigenous in the Yucatán of Mexico. The film follows the lives of the occupants who are telling their stories. Even though Oasis is a film about death and hardships, it is also a story full of life.


Country: México, Finlandia
Direction: Cárdenas; Alejandro
Script: Cárdenas; Alejandro
Production: Berghäll; Joonas, Kauppinen; Joonas, Gauriloff; Katja
Photography: Parra; Jacobo, Koutaniemi; Meeri, Hällfors; Marita
Sound: Nurmela; Jukka
Music: Peltola; Timo
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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