2020 | Color | 25:00 In an unprecedented and hard-line change in immigration policy, the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocol - or the “Remain in Mexico” policy - has forced vulnerable asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed, trapping them in dangerous living conditions without adequate medical services. Weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, VICE's Paola Ramos traveled to the largest refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico to embed with the doctors, lawyers, and asylum seekers at the frontlines of this growing humanitarian crisis. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Heintz; Lara Script: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Ramos; Paola, Heintz; Lara Production: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Heintz; Lara Photography: Maso; Andrew, Alvarez; Guillermo, Conlon; Luisa Sound: Sims; Ben Art direction: VICE Media Group Participation year at FICM: 2021
2020 | Color | 25:00 In an unprecedented and hard-line change in immigration policy, the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocol - or the “Remain in Mexico” policy - has forced vulnerable asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed, trapping them in dangerous living conditions without adequate medical services. Weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, VICE's Paola Ramos traveled to the largest refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico to embed with the doctors, lawyers, and asylum seekers at the frontlines of this growing humanitarian crisis. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Heintz; Lara Script: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Ramos; Paola, Heintz; Lara Production: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Heintz; Lara Photography: Maso; Andrew, Alvarez; Guillermo, Conlon; Luisa Sound: Sims; Ben Art direction: VICE Media Group Participation year at FICM: 2021
Inside the Largest Refugee Camp on the U.S. - Mexican Border The Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols—or the “Remain in Mexico” policy—has forced vulnerable asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed, trapping them in dangerous conditions without adequate medical services. Weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, VICE’s Paola Ramos traveled to the largest refugee camp on the US-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico, to embed on the frontline of this growing humanitarian crisis. See More
Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 05 · 22 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25
