2012 | Color | 97 min Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl who wants a green bicycle. However, the culture around her, essentially religious, forbids women from riding a bicycle, among many other things. In spite of those impediments, Wadjda figures out a way to have a bike. The director Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudia Arabia. Country: Arabia Saudita Direction: Al-Mansour; Haifaa Script: Al-Mansour; Haifaa Production: Paul; Roman, Meixner; Gerhard Photography: Reitemeier; Lutz Sound: Schmidt; Sebastian Music: Richter; Max Cast:Al Assaf; Sultan, Ahd;, Al Gohani; Abdullrahman, Abdullah; Reem, Mohammed; Waad Participation year at FICM: 2013
2012 | Color | 97 min Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl who wants a green bicycle. However, the culture around her, essentially religious, forbids women from riding a bicycle, among many other things. In spite of those impediments, Wadjda figures out a way to have a bike. The director Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudia Arabia. Country: Arabia Saudita Direction: Al-Mansour; Haifaa Script: Al-Mansour; Haifaa Production: Paul; Roman, Meixner; Gerhard Photography: Reitemeier; Lutz Sound: Schmidt; Sebastian Music: Richter; Max Cast:Al Assaf; Sultan, Ahd;, Al Gohani; Abdullrahman, Abdullah; Reem, Mohammed; Waad Participation year at FICM: 2013
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
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
Ana Cristina Barragán's HIEDRA Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 Olivia Harrison Presented the Documentary BEATLES '64 10 · 14 · 25 Emilio Maillé: LA NOCHE ETERNA DEL BABY’O Was Like Entering a World That is Not My World 10 · 14 · 25 NO ME SIGAS World Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25
Emilio Maillé: LA NOCHE ETERNA DEL BABY’O Was Like Entering a World That is Not My World 10 · 14 · 25
