2023 | Color | 105:00 In a South Texas high school, trumpets, guitarrón, and violin bows resonate. This is the world of competitive mariachi. The film captures the highs and lows of Edinburg North High School’s Mariachi Oro. With love, empathy, and burning passion, Coach Abel Acuña guides the college band through a competition season and a tense year in their teenage lives. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Script: Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Production: Lawler; James, Miranda Jr.; Luis A., Pontecorvo; Julia, Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Photography: Crommett; Michael Sound: Vela; Charlie Music: Lara; Camilo, Galvez; Demian Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 105:00 In a South Texas high school, trumpets, guitarrón, and violin bows resonate. This is the world of competitive mariachi. The film captures the highs and lows of Edinburg North High School’s Mariachi Oro. With love, empathy, and burning passion, Coach Abel Acuña guides the college band through a competition season and a tense year in their teenage lives. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Script: Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Production: Lawler; James, Miranda Jr.; Luis A., Pontecorvo; Julia, Osborn; Sam, Vasquez; Alejandra Photography: Crommett; Michael Sound: Vela; Charlie Music: Lara; Camilo, Galvez; Demian Participation year at FICM: 2023
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
