2013 | B/N | 20 In an Ayuujk (Mixe) community in Oaxaca, the lives of a group of youths go on between skateboards, paper lanterns, and music. Each of these young people has found new ways to live out and continue affirming their identity and origins. Their activities, however, are constantly challenged by the community because they are not part of recognized tradition. Direction: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Script: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Production: Fabián González; Ingrid Eunice Photography: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta, Díaz Robles; Konk Balam Sound: Fabián González; Ingrid Eunice, Flores Cruz; Nisaguie Abril, Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Participation year at FICM: 2014
2013 | B/N | 20 In an Ayuujk (Mixe) community in Oaxaca, the lives of a group of youths go on between skateboards, paper lanterns, and music. Each of these young people has found new ways to live out and continue affirming their identity and origins. Their activities, however, are constantly challenged by the community because they are not part of recognized tradition. Direction: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Script: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Production: Fabián González; Ingrid Eunice Photography: Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta, Díaz Robles; Konk Balam Sound: Fabián González; Ingrid Eunice, Flores Cruz; Nisaguie Abril, Contreras Pastrana; Isis Violeta Participation year at FICM: 2014
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
