2026 | Color | 83:10 The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away explores the global cultural and commercial obsession surrounding the image of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. A playful and reflective journey through the contradictions and complexity of the representation and appropriation of her image, exploring different perspectives on the contemporary mythology surrounding her life and legacy. Country: México Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Stavenhagen; Marina, Ziff; Trisha Production: Ziff; Trisha, Valdez Dragonné; Juan Carlos Photography: Goded; Jerónimo, Pérez Burchard; Felipe Sound: Lach; Pablo Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Participation year at FICM: 2026
2026 | Color | 83:10 The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away explores the global cultural and commercial obsession surrounding the image of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. A playful and reflective journey through the contradictions and complexity of the representation and appropriation of her image, exploring different perspectives on the contemporary mythology surrounding her life and legacy. Country: México Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Stavenhagen; Marina, Ziff; Trisha Production: Ziff; Trisha, Valdez Dragonné; Juan Carlos Photography: Goded; Jerónimo, Pérez Burchard; Felipe Sound: Lach; Pablo Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Participation year at FICM: 2026
Oaxacalifornia: The Return An intimate portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family in California, Oaxacalifornia: The Return revisits the Mejía family 25 years after they were first portrayed negotiating their place in a new environment, digging deep into the complexities of multi-generational immigrant identities and the nuances of both belonging and otherness to become a moving epic about the fabric of the United States. See More
Witkin & Witkin Witkin & Witkin explores the world of identical twins: Joel-Peter, famous photographer, and Jerome, painter and teacher. An intensely human film that addresses the philosophy behind their practices, art, and personal relationships. We meet the women in their lives, granting us access to their artistic world. This is a film about perception and aging, about two artists working in different media and who shared more of their past than their present. See More
The Man Who Saw Too Much A film about fragility; about a man obsessed with photographing the accident who discovered that the fate of others was his way of connecting to life. When does the image of the accident become the object of desire? Following the footsteps of Metinides and the work of contemporary tabloid photographers, we discover Mexico City through a narrative of crime scenes and accidents; rubbernecking though Metinides' Gaze. See More
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