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
The Conformist In Fascist Italy in 1938, Marcello Clerici is eager to be accepted into the social circles of the regime, which he admires. His opportunity arises when he is ordered to track down, in Paris, a former professor of his—now an opponent of Mussolini—and assassinate him. See More
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
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