2017 | Color | 90:00 A journey to the semi-desert, in northern Mexico, looking for the last singers of “Cardenche”, a traditional song that speaks of love and contempt, of lament and tragedy. A peasant tradition from cotton farmers and miners on its way to extinction. A song of survival. Direction: Ferrer Carné; Marta Script: Ferrer Carné; Marta Production: Celis; Sebastián, Ferrer; Marta, Productor ejecutivo: Gruener; Daniel, Durán; Alejandro, Célis; Nicolás, Francisco del Valle Photography: Ferrer Carné; Marta, Royer; Hugo Sound: Pujol Martínez; Iván, Capmany Buisan Adriá Music: Los Cardencheros de Sapioriz, Los Cardencheros de La Flor de Jimulco, Pablo Villa; Juan Cast:Genaro Chavarría (Los Cardencheros de Sapioriz), Higinio Chavarría, Marco Antonio Soto, Mariana García, Otila García, Miguel Orona Ríos, Refugio Agüero, Heriberto Aguilera, Lino Beltrán, Guadalupe Salazar, Antonio Valles, Fidel Elizalde Participation year at FICM: 2018
2017 | Color | 90:00 A journey to the semi-desert, in northern Mexico, looking for the last singers of “Cardenche”, a traditional song that speaks of love and contempt, of lament and tragedy. A peasant tradition from cotton farmers and miners on its way to extinction. A song of survival. Direction: Ferrer Carné; Marta Script: Ferrer Carné; Marta Production: Celis; Sebastián, Ferrer; Marta, Productor ejecutivo: Gruener; Daniel, Durán; Alejandro, Célis; Nicolás, Francisco del Valle Photography: Ferrer Carné; Marta, Royer; Hugo Sound: Pujol Martínez; Iván, Capmany Buisan Adriá Music: Los Cardencheros de Sapioriz, Los Cardencheros de La Flor de Jimulco, Pablo Villa; Juan Cast:Genaro Chavarría (Los Cardencheros de Sapioriz), Higinio Chavarría, Marco Antonio Soto, Mariana García, Otila García, Miguel Orona Ríos, Refugio Agüero, Heriberto Aguilera, Lino Beltrán, Guadalupe Salazar, Antonio Valles, Fidel Elizalde Participation year at FICM: 2018
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24