2010 | Color | 83 min A documentary dedicated to Daniel Schmid, one of the most innovative directors of the 1970s and 1980s, who was born in 1941. During his childhood, he was inspired by his grandmother’s imaginative stories. At the same time, the lobby of his father’s hotel became the stage for his own storytelling – a passion which was to remain with him for the rest of his life. This is a portrait of a man and his fantastical and extravagant style of making films. Country: Suiza Direction: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal Script: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal Production: Hoehn; Marcel Photography: Zumbrunn; Filip Sound: Brüngel; Christoph Music: Scherer; Peter Participation year at FICM: 2010
2010 | Color | 83 min A documentary dedicated to Daniel Schmid, one of the most innovative directors of the 1970s and 1980s, who was born in 1941. During his childhood, he was inspired by his grandmother’s imaginative stories. At the same time, the lobby of his father’s hotel became the stage for his own storytelling – a passion which was to remain with him for the rest of his life. This is a portrait of a man and his fantastical and extravagant style of making films. Country: Suiza Direction: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal Script: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal Production: Hoehn; Marcel Photography: Zumbrunn; Filip Sound: Brüngel; Christoph Music: Scherer; Peter 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
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
