2010 | Color | 75 min An intimate portrait of a family fighting to stay together,Circo describes a particularly hard aspect of rural Mexican life. Faced with the country’s collapsing rural economy, the family circus troupe must decide if it should continue the century-old family tradition or adapt to a different kind of life. This “road movie” presents the opportunity to know first hand the world of the circus, while examining universal themes like family ties, generational divide and the weight of cultural inheritance. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Schock; Aaron Script: Schock; Aaron, Becker; Mark Production: Schock; Aaron, Gargi; Jannat Photography: Schock; Aaron Sound: C5;, Bochar; Ron, Nyc; Nyc Music: Calexico; Calexico Participation year at FICM: 2010
2010 | Color | 75 min An intimate portrait of a family fighting to stay together,Circo describes a particularly hard aspect of rural Mexican life. Faced with the country’s collapsing rural economy, the family circus troupe must decide if it should continue the century-old family tradition or adapt to a different kind of life. This “road movie” presents the opportunity to know first hand the world of the circus, while examining universal themes like family ties, generational divide and the weight of cultural inheritance. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Schock; Aaron Script: Schock; Aaron, Becker; Mark Production: Schock; Aaron, Gargi; Jannat Photography: Schock; Aaron Sound: C5;, Bochar; Ron, Nyc; Nyc Music: Calexico; Calexico Participation year at FICM: 2010
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
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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
