10 · 28 · 17 Two Whales, by Diego Cruz Cilveti, Audience Award of the II Sexual Diversity Program Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Coordinación del Programa de Diversidad Sexual The audience is the most faithful mirror, it is the main witness of the work that the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) has been doing for fifteen years. In 2017, we had the magnificent opportunity to present for the second time a program of Mexican short films on sexual diversity. Eight new films explored from different perspectives the importance of recognizing what it means to be human and that has somehow remained hidden or relegated. At FICM we are proud to promote all the cinematographic proposals that are a celebration of the richness of human beings. That is why we are very pleased to congratulate Diego Cruz Cilveti, director of Two Whales, and all the team that was part of this short film, for being recognized with FICM's Audience Award for the Sexual Diversity Program. Diego Cruz Cilveti. In Two Whales, through an intimate narrative, two brothers face an unavoidable situation: growing up. Despite what this implies, Cruz Cilveti decides to delve into the fraternal relationship that unites them notwithstanding their differences. The essential thing is that both brothers are accomplices of the same story. The director reflects on the genuine empathy and love of brotherhood. Two Whales presents sexual diversity not as a separate issue, but as something that is intrinsic to humanity. Rather than being interested in exploring that which represents it, it is part of a family life. The differences and challenges that both brothers face, such as making decisions or giving up love, make them stronger and, above all, more human. Above all, they will always be two accomplices who accompany each other on the same journey growing up –like the whales. The totem says that whales are deep beings and with a great sensitivity. Beings that represent creation, birth and rebirth. Diego Cruz Cilveti's two whales are the reunion of two brothers before awakening to life, between loss and anguish. The memories they tell make us part of a stage that spreads resistance to grow. Faced with this fragility, there also appears a powerful sensitivity that makes them recognize the richness of their differences in a dance of balance. Cruz Cilveti, through an intimate universe, achieves a poignant episode that is nothing more than the last breath of fresh air of two whales who are about to begin a trip to deep waters.
