2009 | Color | 1h 20 min A documentary that revisits a famous film location: the slums where Los Olvidados was shot more tan 50 years ago. The people of this area of Mexico City still live by the train tracks, just like they did in Buñuel’s masterpiece. The Forgotten Tree captures fragments of the lives of Juan, Gaby, Noemi and Ivonne, who attempt to escape the cycle of extreme poverty and violence in which they live. However, the decisions they make only seem to sink them further into the abyss of their grim everyday life and their tragic fate. Country: México Direction: Rincón; Luis Script: Rincón; Luis, Medina; Diana Production: Orozco; Martha Photography: R. Jiménez; Arturo Sound: Galaz; Galileo Music: M. Lloret; Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2009
2009 | Color | 1h 20 min A documentary that revisits a famous film location: the slums where Los Olvidados was shot more tan 50 years ago. The people of this area of Mexico City still live by the train tracks, just like they did in Buñuel’s masterpiece. The Forgotten Tree captures fragments of the lives of Juan, Gaby, Noemi and Ivonne, who attempt to escape the cycle of extreme poverty and violence in which they live. However, the decisions they make only seem to sink them further into the abyss of their grim everyday life and their tragic fate. Country: México Direction: Rincón; Luis Script: Rincón; Luis, Medina; Diana Production: Orozco; Martha Photography: R. Jiménez; Arturo Sound: Galaz; Galileo Music: M. Lloret; Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2009
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
