Color | 82:00 The city of Nazaré da Mata witnesses mysterious events. In a vast sugarcane field, Pai Nani carries out a religious act with five caboclo de lança folk figures. Meanwhile, Catita performs in traditional maracatu events without telling his wife Darlene. When she discovers his involvement, she forces him to meet the evangelical Pastor Barachinha, a former maracatu master who is now on a mission to banish the devil from these ceremonies. Direction: Melo; Tiago Script: Tiago Melo, Jeronimo Lemos Production: Leonardo Sette, Vanessa Barbosa Photography: Gustavo Pessoa Sound: Gustavo S. Rocha Music: Anderson Miguel, Tomaz Alves Souza, Tiago Melo Cast:Valmir do Côco, Joana Gatis, Mestre Barachinha, Mohana Uchôa, Edilson Silva Art direction: Ananias de Caldas Participation year at FICM: 2018
Color | 82:00 The city of Nazaré da Mata witnesses mysterious events. In a vast sugarcane field, Pai Nani carries out a religious act with five caboclo de lança folk figures. Meanwhile, Catita performs in traditional maracatu events without telling his wife Darlene. When she discovers his involvement, she forces him to meet the evangelical Pastor Barachinha, a former maracatu master who is now on a mission to banish the devil from these ceremonies. Direction: Melo; Tiago Script: Tiago Melo, Jeronimo Lemos Production: Leonardo Sette, Vanessa Barbosa Photography: Gustavo Pessoa Sound: Gustavo S. Rocha Music: Anderson Miguel, Tomaz Alves Souza, Tiago Melo Cast:Valmir do Côco, Joana Gatis, Mestre Barachinha, Mohana Uchôa, Edilson Silva Art direction: Ananias de Caldas 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
