2012 | Color | 45 min The last representatives of Mixteco culture inhabit a village in the Sierra Madre. Deprived of their identity by modern civilization, they are facing an even bigger threat: a landslide that may destroy the village during the next torrential rains. The mayor tries to prevent the disaster. He wants to invite a geologist, so that the approaching danger can be officially confirmed. But no help is coming and the inhabitants must simply wait for the disaster. Country: Polonia, México Direction: del Paso; Joaquín, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Script: del Paso; Joaquín, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Production: Kempa; Piotr Photography: del Paso; Joaquin, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Sound: Kaczynski; Andrzej, Freund; Leszek Music: del Paso; Marin Participation year at FICM: 2012
2012 | Color | 45 min The last representatives of Mixteco culture inhabit a village in the Sierra Madre. Deprived of their identity by modern civilization, they are facing an even bigger threat: a landslide that may destroy the village during the next torrential rains. The mayor tries to prevent the disaster. He wants to invite a geologist, so that the approaching danger can be officially confirmed. But no help is coming and the inhabitants must simply wait for the disaster. Country: Polonia, México Direction: del Paso; Joaquín, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Script: del Paso; Joaquín, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Production: Kempa; Piotr Photography: del Paso; Joaquin, Pawel Trzaska; Jan Sound: Kaczynski; Andrzej, Freund; Leszek Music: del Paso; Marin Participation year at FICM: 2012
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Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
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