2003 | Color | 32 min Day of the Dead in the Land of the Bats shows us the celebration of the Mexican holiday ?All Saint?s Day?, known in Mexico as the ?Day of the Dead?. This Catholic holiday is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November every year, but in Zinacantán, Chiapas, they have their own particular way of celebrating it. Country: México Direction: López; Pedro Daniel Script: López; Pedro Daniel Sound: López; Pedro Daniel Music: Lorenzo” (música tradicional de Zinacantán); “San Cast:López; Pedro Daniel, López Pérez; Manuel, López Hernández; Mariano Art direction: López; Pedro Daniel Participation year at FICM: 2003
2003 | Color | 32 min Day of the Dead in the Land of the Bats shows us the celebration of the Mexican holiday ?All Saint?s Day?, known in Mexico as the ?Day of the Dead?. This Catholic holiday is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November every year, but in Zinacantán, Chiapas, they have their own particular way of celebrating it. Country: México Direction: López; Pedro Daniel Script: López; Pedro Daniel Sound: López; Pedro Daniel Music: Lorenzo” (música tradicional de Zinacantán); “San Cast:López; Pedro Daniel, López Pérez; Manuel, López Hernández; Mariano Art direction: López; Pedro Daniel Participation year at FICM: 2003
La pequeña semilla en el asfalto This is the story of Dolores Sántiz, Pascuala Díaz, Floriano Enrique “Ronyk” and Flavio Jiménez, all from different ethnic groups in Chiapas, as they leave the community where they were born and migrate to the city. Here they must struggle to achieve their dream of having a dignified and just life. They must also search for recognition in their new community, with all its problems, and create a new identity for themselves, one that symbolizes a sense of pride See More
The Song of Our Land The Song of Our Land The musicians of Zinacantán in Chiapas not only enliven festivities, but also act as ritual guides or ?orchestra conductors? who direct all the different stages of the ceremony. Their music is the vehicle ?fuelled by pox (a traditional local liquor) and the saints? for a communion with God? the Gods See More
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 Short films from the 22nd FICM presented at the 64th Cannes Critics' Week to be screened in Paris 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
Short films from the 22nd FICM presented at the 64th Cannes Critics' Week to be screened in Paris 05 · 22 · 25
