Ambulante Presents Sonidero, Ambulantito, Injerto, Pulsos and Coordenadas Programs

The 18th edition of Ambulante Gira de Documentales announced the programming for its sections Sonidero, Ambulantito, Injerto, Pulsos and Coordenadas. Ambulante will take place from August 29 to October 8, 2023, in five states of the country: Mexico City (from August 29 to September 3), Ciudad Juárez (from September 6 to 10), Aguascalientes (from September 20 to 24), Veracruz (from September 27 to October 1), and Michoacán (from October 4 to 8).

Since 2005, the festival has sought to support and promote documentary film as a tool for cultural and social transformation in Mexico and Central America.

Ambulante Gira de Documentales 2023

The lineup of films can also be enjoyed in digital format on Mubi, where it will be available for four weeks.

Sonidero

This section of the Documentary Tour focuses on music as well as the convergence of sound and film language. For the 2023 edition, five titles will be exhibited, including Un lugar llamado música (2021) by director Enrique M. Rizo, about the unexpected connection that became friendship between Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and New York composer Philip Glass.

In addition to Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV, by Amanda Kim, which follows the South Korean artist who gives the documentary its name, known for being the pioneer of video art. And  Cesária Évora, by Ana Sofía Fonseca, which delves into the most intimate side of the Cape Verdean singer.

Sonidero 's lineup consists of:

  • Un lugar llamado música | Enrique M. Rizo | Mexico | 2021 | Wixárika, Spanish, English | Color | 87 min.
  • Cesária Évora | Ana Sofia Fonseca | Portugal | 2022 | Portuguese, English, French, Creole | Color, b/w | 95 min.
  • La danza de Los Mirlos | Álvaro Luque | Peru | 2022 | Spanish | Color | 84 min.
  • Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV | Amanda Kim | United States | 2023 | English | Color | 107 min.
  • Meet me in the bathroom | Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace | United Kingdom | 2023 | English | Color | 105 min.

Ambulantito

Fourteen animated documentaries are part of this section dedicated to children, both to encourage their curiosity towards cinema, and to direct ours to its complex and mysterious universe. 

As usual, this edition of Ambulantito will feature several recreational and creative activities.

Ambulantito will have two cycles of animated short films, inspired by the main theme of the 2023 edition of the festival: A ‘crack’ through which children can look inwards. Similarly, the lineup will be accompanied by workshops. 

On one hand, the Fantastic Creatures cycle will present those strange beings that wander between the everyday world and the imagination. At the same time, workshops dedicated to the invention and construction of Chimeras will be offered in Ciudad Juárez, Aguascalientes and Xalapa, with the participation of the Perros Fritos collective.

The Box of Tales cycle takes its inspiration from Dominique Jonard, a French artist and filmmaker who used his curiosity and animation to understand the Mexico he had arrived in. In Morelia there will be a collective narrative workshop with the mediation of Noyule Jonard, head of the Dominique Jonard Archive.

Here is the full Ambulantito lineup:

Fantastic Creatures Cycle

  • Elements by David Castro González
  • Dulce noche by Lia Bertels
  • Ñihi by Tamara Cruz
  • Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic by Paul Bush
  • Luce and the Rock by Britt Raes
  • Paris recyclers by Nikki Schuster

The Box of Stories Cycle

  • El carero de Don Chi by Dominique Jonard and children from Ihuatzio, Michoacán.
  • Xáni Xépika by Dominique Jonard and children from Turícuaro and Comachuén, Michoacán.
  • ¡Santo golpe! by Dominique Jonard and children from the community and boarding school of Zinacantán, Chiapas
  • La flor azul by Carlos Enrique García de Aquino and Adriana Guerrero Montiel
  • Salva, collective short film made within the framework of the Itinerant Audiovisual Camp (CAI)
  • La historia de todos by Blanca Aguerre
  • Cole Krsuá by David Castro González
  • Recuerdos entre viento by the Tropovisiones collective

Injerto

The  Ambulante section dedicated to experimental cinema presents 32 short films that address different genres and techniques. The exhibition will take place within the framework of the tenth anniversary of the Experimental Film Laboratory (LEC), an organization dedicated to the promotion and safeguarding of experimental and avant-garde cinema in Mexico and Latin America.

On this occasion, Ambulante collaborates with LEC for the creation of a program that unites Mexican and Argentine experimental cinema. In addition, in Xalapa, Veracruz, a Live Cinema will be held, an expanded performance for three 16 mm projectors with an endless tape. The sound comes from the image passing through the optical reader and is manipulated by a sound artist.

Injerto will be divided into two programs, a digital one with a duration of 66 minutes and with 16 short films projected in digital format; and a 58-minute film with 11 short films in 16mm and super-8.

Pulsos

Recent national short films make up this new section. Pulsos is divided into two programs, Atravesar la Fisura, with stories of lives that have faced various problems but have managed to achieve a hopeful future; and Sentir en corto: Constelar, with the support of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography through the program Fomento al Cine Mexicano (Focine), with titles that challenge the viewer by adopting an unconventional arrangement to accommodate the transformation of the gaze.

 

Atravesar la Fisura: 

  • Amor Ice | Dir. Katy Araiza I Mexico | 2022 | 16’
  • Bucan Tu Rhachhidu' (Deja lo que te espanta) | Collective piece | Mexico | 2023 | 28’
  • …Esperanza  | Dir. Mayra Veliz | Mexico | 2022 | 21’
  • En la casa de la luna | Dir. Montserrat Corona Villafuentes | Mexico | 2021 | 10’
  • Esta serena luz de la mañana | Dir. Emmanuel Tovar González | Mexico | 2022 | 13'

Sentir en corto: Constelar: 

  • Mi piel oculta | Dir. Guadalupe Sánchez Sosa and Pablo Delgado | Mexico | 2022 | 92’
  • El baratero | Dir. José Rubén Emiliano, Nadia Pérez Sosa | Mexico | 2022 | 10’
  • Yo sentí su amor | Dir. Victor Estrada | Mexico | 2023 | 17’
  • Un lugar secreto | Dir. Guillermo Reyes Campos | Mexico | 2023 | 18’
  • Kemonito: la última caída | Dir. Teresa de Miguel | Mexico | 2022 | 23’

Coordenadas Ciudad de México

This section of Ambulante approaches problems and cultural manifestations of each region that visits the documentary tour. This edition is made up of short films and an emotional feature film. 

  • Mi piel oculta | Dir. Guadalupe Sánchez Sosa and Pablo Delgado | Mexico | 2022 | 92’
  • El baratero | Dir. José Rubén Emiliano, Nadia Pérez Sosa | Mexico | 2022 | 10’
  • Yo sentí su amor | Dir. Victor Estrada | Mexico | 2023 | 17’
  • Un lugar secreto | Dir. Guillermo Reyes Campos | Mexico | 2023 | 18’

Kemonito: la última caída | Dir. Teresa de Miguel | Mexico | 2022 | 23’

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