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2021 | Color | 78:21

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of communication, transportation, work and interaction of societies in Mexico and the world, but for the patients hospitalized by the virus, all possibilities of contact with their own were closed.

The patients suspected of having COVID-19 are isolated from the moment they enter the medical units, without the certainty of being infected, with the uncertainty of survival and in total solitude.


Country: México
Direction: Rulfo; Juan Carlos
Script: Del Pozo; Melissa
Production: Díaz Casanova; Eduardo
Photography: Parra; César
Music: Heiblum ; Leonardo, Glass; Philip
Participation year at FICM: 2021

Director Movies

Binniza, Beings of the Clouds

Binnizá, los seres de las nubes
The documentary explores how tradition and creativity sustain the cultural life of the Binnizá community in Oaxaca’s Isthmus. Through art and oral storytelling, a living worldview is preserved. The influence of Francisco Toledo, intertwined with ancestral memory, strengthens an identity that persists and transforms in the present. See More

Lorena, light footed woman

Lorena, la de pies ligeros

Lorena Ramírez is a light footed rarámuri woman who likes to run ultra marathons in sandals and traditional dresses. She has become one of the fastest runners in the world. Lorena alternates between the peaceful life in the mountains of Chihuahua surrounded by her family, and the demands of the races in and out of Mexico.

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¡De panzazo!

¡De panzazo! reflects the reality of education in Mexico and evidences that Mexican society barely passes in a system that is exclusive and does not include important life lessons. The film shows parents, school headmasters, teachers, civil servants, union representatives and opinion leaders drawing a global picture that does not allow for the viewers indifference.

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