2012 | Color | 61 min The documentary weaves the intimate love stories of three women from different generations: an adolescent, a middle-aged divorcee, and my 90-year-old Great Aunt. Through a careful exploration of space and color, inspired by technicolor melodramas of the 40s and 50s, I trace their experience, exploring the rooms they inhabit and the memories that remain in them, extracting their voice and their loves from a rich texture of archival material. Country: México Direction: Portillo Padua; Otilia Script: Portillo Padua; Otilia Production: Portillo Padua; Otilia Photography: Castillo; Erick Sound: Molina; Miguel Ángel Participation year at FICM: 2012
2012 | Color | 61 min The documentary weaves the intimate love stories of three women from different generations: an adolescent, a middle-aged divorcee, and my 90-year-old Great Aunt. Through a careful exploration of space and color, inspired by technicolor melodramas of the 40s and 50s, I trace their experience, exploring the rooms they inhabit and the memories that remain in them, extracting their voice and their loves from a rich texture of archival material. Country: México Direction: Portillo Padua; Otilia Script: Portillo Padua; Otilia Production: Portillo Padua; Otilia Photography: Castillo; Erick Sound: Molina; Miguel Ángel Participation year at FICM: 2012
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
Stellan Skarsgård to Present Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at the 23rd FICM 10 · 03 · 25 Juliette Binoche to Receive the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 23rd FICM 10 · 02 · 25 Cherien Dabis to Present ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU at the 23rd FICM 10 · 01 · 25 Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM 09 · 30 · 25
