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FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes

As it has been done since 2005, the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), by invitation of the Cannes Film Festival, held a special out-of-competition screening  at the Critics' Week, featuring four Mexican short films that were part of the Official Selection of the 22nd edition of FICM.

Presented by Ava Cahen, delegate of the Critics’ Week, the special FICM screening was attended by Daniela Michel, founder and general director of FICM, and filmmakers José Eduardo Castilla Ponce, director of Aguacuario; Juan Vicente Manrique, director of Looking for a Donkey (winner of the Ojo for Mexican Short Documentary at the 22nd FICM); Julia Granillo Tostado, director of Ser semilla; Adolfo Margulis, director of Spiritum (winner of the Ojo for Best Mexican Short Fiction Film at the 22nd FICM), as well as part of the cast and crew of the short films.

“This is a festival with which we have very strong and fraternal bonds, and which is also committed to discovering new talent,” said Ava Cahen about FICM.

The solid partnership between the Critics' Week and FICM has given nearly 60 Mexican filmmakers the opportunity to show their work at Cannes. In turn, every year, a selection of films from the Critics' Week is presented at FICM, with the presence of some of their directors or protagonists.

This year, the films in the Official Selection of the 22nd FICM that will be screened at the 64th Critics' Week are:

Aguacuario
Dir. José Eduardo Castilla Ponce

Under the sun of the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, a 10-year-old boy who works with his older brother delivering jugs of water on an old tricycle meets a girl of his own age. This will make him face a dilemma: to fulfill his responsibilities or to disobey his older brother and go on a little adventure on three wheels.

Looking for a Donkey | Winner of the Ojo  for Mexican Short Documentary at the 22nd FICM
Dir. Juan Vicente Manrique

In a small town in the Venezuelan Andes, two firefighters recorded a video of a donkey as if it was the president of Venezuela visiting their decrepit facilities. That same day, the firefighters were taken to prison, but little is known of the donkey's location.

Ser semilla
Dir. Julia Granillo Tostado

A group of witches fight against the growing violence in their village. Women are disappearing.

Spiritum | Winner of the Ojo for Best Mexican Short Fiction Film at the 22nd FICM
Dir. Adolfo Margulis

Ramiro is a young addict interned in a rehabilitation center. At first he does not fit in, but little by little the experiences in that clinic and the words of the other patients will make him see his reality.

Translated by Adrik Díaz