2022 | Color | 20:49 Many Mexican grandmothers have one thing in common: several were kidnapped and, as a result of the machismo of the time, forced to marry their captor. Esperanza, an elderly woman, narrates how at the age of 19 she was kidnapped by Luther, a boy she met in her childhood, how she was forced to marry him after her family rejected her and how, many years later, she found her freedom. This is a story of love and hope. Country: México Direction: Veliz; Mayra Script: Veliz; Mayra Production: Castellanos; Denisse Photography: Carlos; Castillo Sound: Acosta; Odin Music: Madrigal; Héctor, Miramontes; Juan Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2022
2022 | Color | 20:49 Many Mexican grandmothers have one thing in common: several were kidnapped and, as a result of the machismo of the time, forced to marry their captor. Esperanza, an elderly woman, narrates how at the age of 19 she was kidnapped by Luther, a boy she met in her childhood, how she was forced to marry him after her family rejected her and how, many years later, she found her freedom. This is a story of love and hope. Country: México Direction: Veliz; Mayra Script: Veliz; Mayra Production: Castellanos; Denisse Photography: Carlos; Castillo Sound: Acosta; Odin Music: Madrigal; Héctor, Miramontes; Juan Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2022
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
A List of Mexicans Who Have Won an Oscar... Updated! 03 · 02 · 25 Carlos Diegues (1940-2025) and BYE BYE BRASIL 02 · 27 · 25 Bruno Dumont and HADEWIJCH: FICM 2009 02 · 20 · 25 Yolanda Montes “Tongolele”, diosa de la danza 02 · 18 · 25
