1943 | B/N | 1h 40 Father José María Morelos y Pavón continues to fight for Mexico’s’ independence. Named Chief of the South by Father Miguel Hidalgo, Morelos takes control of the main squares of Oaxaca and Acapulco. After the signing of the Constitution of Apatzingán, Mexico’s first republican constitution, the insurgents, under the leadership of Morelos, experience various defeats. Morelos is eventually captured by the Spanish army and sentenced to death. Country: México Direction: Contreras Torres; Miguel Script: Contreras Torres; Miguel Production: Contreras Torres; Miguel Photography: Phillips Jr.; Alex Sound: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael, B. Carles; José Music: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael, B. Carles; José Cast:Jambrina; Francisco, Frank; Consuelo, Soler; Domingo, Inda; Stella Participation year at FICM: 2003
1943 | B/N | 1h 40 Father José María Morelos y Pavón continues to fight for Mexico’s’ independence. Named Chief of the South by Father Miguel Hidalgo, Morelos takes control of the main squares of Oaxaca and Acapulco. After the signing of the Constitution of Apatzingán, Mexico’s first republican constitution, the insurgents, under the leadership of Morelos, experience various defeats. Morelos is eventually captured by the Spanish army and sentenced to death. Country: México Direction: Contreras Torres; Miguel Script: Contreras Torres; Miguel Production: Contreras Torres; Miguel Photography: Phillips Jr.; Alex Sound: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael, B. Carles; José Music: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael, B. Carles; José Cast:Jambrina; Francisco, Frank; Consuelo, Soler; Domingo, Inda; Stella Participation year at FICM: 2003
Zítari (The Temple of the Thousand Serpents) Zítari was not a full-length movie, no… It was a short that Miguel made for me in which I was an Indian princess in the pyramids of Teotihuacan… It was very nice, because there were two ways to see the past and the present… Also, there was no sound… It was Miguel's last work to be made without sound… And he did it for me, even though I reminded him that there wasn´t anything he did that wasn´t for me… He was full of love. (Interview of Medea de Novara, conducted by Sergio Robles Molina, "Miguel Contreras Torres, 1899-1981). See More
I am Mexican from here from this side (Pretty Woman) Jorge abandona la universidad para dedicarse a la parranda. Asiduo a los centros nocturnos de la capital, se enamora de See More
The useless life of Pito Perez The vagabond drunk Pito Perez returns to his home town of Santa Cruz del Cobre. Upon arriving, he rings the church bells to give himself a welcome and is detained by the authorities. Moved by the man's situation, Roman, a lawyer and poet, prevents his encarceration. Roman arranges to meet and talk with Pito every afternoon from that point on. In exchange for alcohol, Pito tells the lawyer the story of his unstable life. 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
