2020 | Color | 40:34 Kuxlejal (Life) spotlights the high suicide rate among indigenous youth and explores the feelings and conflicts behind the thought that “life is worthless.” It shows young people struggling to find their identity, speak their own language, and start to accept themselves. In seeking to open a dialogue and build a bridge of empathy between generations and cultures, its primary goal is to save lives. Country: México Direction: Franke; Elke Production: Gómez Pérez; Humberto Photography: Méndez Rodríguez; Juan Antonio (Xun Sero) Sound: Molina Ramos; Cristian Valentín Music: Molina Ramos; Cristian Valentín, S-Hip-Hop Lumaltik Participation year at FICM: 2020
2020 | Color | 40:34 Kuxlejal (Life) spotlights the high suicide rate among indigenous youth and explores the feelings and conflicts behind the thought that “life is worthless.” It shows young people struggling to find their identity, speak their own language, and start to accept themselves. In seeking to open a dialogue and build a bridge of empathy between generations and cultures, its primary goal is to save lives. Country: México Direction: Franke; Elke Production: Gómez Pérez; Humberto Photography: Méndez Rodríguez; Juan Antonio (Xun Sero) Sound: Molina Ramos; Cristian Valentín Music: Molina Ramos; Cristian Valentín, S-Hip-Hop Lumaltik Participation year at FICM: 2020
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
