2023 | Color | 80:00 In 1960s Havana, there were 140 movie theaters. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the toughening regime and an economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty years later, only a dozen movie theaters still operate in Havana, while a new generation of bold filmmakers struggles for the very existence of Cuban cinema. Country: Francia Direction: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius Script: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius, Goldet; Antoine Production: Goldet; Antoine Photography: Bernfeld; Nina Sound: Van Pottelberge; Thomas Music: Baños; René Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 80:00 In 1960s Havana, there were 140 movie theaters. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the toughening regime and an economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty years later, only a dozen movie theaters still operate in Havana, while a new generation of bold filmmakers struggles for the very existence of Cuban cinema. Country: Francia Direction: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius Script: Jan; Eytan, Kaufmann; Darius, Goldet; Antoine Production: Goldet; Antoine Photography: Bernfeld; Nina Sound: Van Pottelberge; Thomas Music: Baños; René Participation year at FICM: 2023
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
