2023 | Color | 77:00 In Laredo, a Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the summer nights of youth can’t last forever. Stuck in an immigration process with deportation as a constant threat, home feels like a fragile concept. Together—between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands—they confront the stresses of survival, community-building, and the future. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Contreras; Estefanía, Castaños; Silvia Del Carmen Script: del Carmen Castaños; Silvia, Contreras; Estefanía “Beba” Production: Schlesinger; Jillian, Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Benavides; Leslie, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Ng; Diane, Medow; Rivkah Beth Photography: Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Ng; Diane Sound: Dupre; Danielle, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Schlesinger; Jillian, Vela; Charlie, McVinnie; Matt Music: Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”, Cruz; Elijah, Hoy; Brendan Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 77:00 In Laredo, a Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the summer nights of youth can’t last forever. Stuck in an immigration process with deportation as a constant threat, home feels like a fragile concept. Together—between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands—they confront the stresses of survival, community-building, and the future. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Contreras; Estefanía, Castaños; Silvia Del Carmen Script: del Carmen Castaños; Silvia, Contreras; Estefanía “Beba” Production: Schlesinger; Jillian, Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Benavides; Leslie, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Ng; Diane, Medow; Rivkah Beth Photography: Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Ng; Diane Sound: Dupre; Danielle, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Schlesinger; Jillian, Vela; Charlie, McVinnie; Matt Music: Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”, Cruz; Elijah, Hoy; Brendan Participation year at FICM: 2023
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
The Morelia International Film Festival Announces the Members of the Jury for its 23rd edition 09 · 16 · 25 FICM Mourns the Death of the Legendary Robert Redford 09 · 16 · 25 PSYCHO 65th anniversary 09 · 12 · 25 The Morelia International Film Festival Reveals the Program for its 23rd Edition 09 · 04 · 25
The Morelia International Film Festival Announces the Members of the Jury for its 23rd edition 09 · 16 · 25
