B/N | 100:00 Ávia is an intimate documentary that chronicles the life of Montserrat Gispert Cruelles, who experienced exile from Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and resettled in Mexico in 1941 at the age of seven. Directed by her grandson, Rodrigo Ímaz, the film explores Montserrat’s pivotal moments and personal challenges, offering an emotional and authentic portrayal of her legacy amid the turbulence of the 20th century. Country: México Direction: Imaz; Rodrigo Production: Díaz Casanova; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2024
B/N | 100:00 Ávia is an intimate documentary that chronicles the life of Montserrat Gispert Cruelles, who experienced exile from Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and resettled in Mexico in 1941 at the age of seven. Directed by her grandson, Rodrigo Ímaz, the film explores Montserrat’s pivotal moments and personal challenges, offering an emotional and authentic portrayal of her legacy amid the turbulence of the 20th century. Country: México Direction: Imaz; Rodrigo Production: Díaz Casanova; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2024
Àvia, Garden of Memories Àvia, which means grandmother in Catalan, portrays Montserrat Gispert Cruells, who as a child flees Barcelona with her family during the Spanish Civil War and arrives in Mexico in 1941. Rodrigo, her grandson and the film’s director, accompanies her in her final days as she reflects on her identity, her life as an ethnobotanist, her family legacy, exile, and the right to a dignified death. Together, they wander through her garden of memories. See More
Juan Perros Juan Perros lives in the Coahuila desert with his animals. He works tirelessly in the most brutal environment. Through his testimony we witness, his universe in all its complexity; his near death experience and survival living from the trash discarded by his own community. Confronting both the power of nature and the aloneness of his existence, Juan practices, a simple way of life, with a philosophy that is both humbling and extreme. See More
Xochimilco 1914 On the morning of December 4th, 1914, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata met for the first time. An original stenographic record of their conversation just hours before they took control of Mexico City exists. Xochimilco 1914 is an animation that visually explores the words of these revolutionary heroes and their historic repercussion. See More
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
