2024 | Color | 80:00 When a refrigerator magically appears out of nowhere in the small, forgotten village of La Raya, Sotera seizes it as a business opportunity and attempts to sell it with her friend Erick. However, the fridge is more than it seems, and soon starts revealing mysterious apparitions to the townsfolk. Meanwhile, Sotera’s dream of joining her mother in the US faces a reality check, and she must decide whether she is ready to leave La Raya, after all. Country: México Direction: Cruz; Yolanda Script: Cruz; Yolanda, Sieder; Joe, Ciudadanos de Cieneguilla Production: Cruz; Yolanda, Gutiérrez; Isael, Dávila; Christine Photography: Altamirano; Sheila Sound: Alberto Barraza; Jorge Music: The BaCan Brothers Cast:del Carmen; Mónica, Salóf; José, Baltazar; Diana, Vasquez; Noé Salvador, Baltazar; Genaro Alejandro, Peña; Brigido Cristóbal, Cruz Baltazar; Domitila, Ciudadanos de San Juan Quiahije Cieneguilla, Oaxaca. Art direction: Morales; Gibrán Participation year at FICM: 2024
2024 | Color | 80:00 When a refrigerator magically appears out of nowhere in the small, forgotten village of La Raya, Sotera seizes it as a business opportunity and attempts to sell it with her friend Erick. However, the fridge is more than it seems, and soon starts revealing mysterious apparitions to the townsfolk. Meanwhile, Sotera’s dream of joining her mother in the US faces a reality check, and she must decide whether she is ready to leave La Raya, after all. Country: México Direction: Cruz; Yolanda Script: Cruz; Yolanda, Sieder; Joe, Ciudadanos de Cieneguilla Production: Cruz; Yolanda, Gutiérrez; Isael, Dávila; Christine Photography: Altamirano; Sheila Sound: Alberto Barraza; Jorge Music: The BaCan Brothers Cast:del Carmen; Mónica, Salóf; José, Baltazar; Diana, Vasquez; Noé Salvador, Baltazar; Genaro Alejandro, Peña; Brigido Cristóbal, Cruz Baltazar; Domitila, Ciudadanos de San Juan Quiahije Cieneguilla, Oaxaca. Art direction: Morales; Gibrán Participation year at FICM: 2024
Hope, Soledad Two women at an emotional crossroads meet by chance on a pilgrimage to Juquila, Oax. Hope, a college student, tries to find a sense of self in her mother’s land after being displaced from her home in the U.S. Soledad struggles to free herself from the ghost of her deceased lover and end her relationship with a husband who lives in the U.S. Together, the two women walk in communion with local pilgrims as they seek to ease their personal suffering. See More
Silveria's Lessons This is the story of a Zapotec girl who pays a price for her mischief. Filmed on Zapotec land, this short film takes the audience into the lives of a traditional native community and shows how some childhood antics are universal. See More
The Watch Like every Sunday morning, a Zapotec grandfather comes to the city of Oaxaca to visit his granddaughter for a day. Their ritual consists of attending mass and window-shopping throughout the city, but on this particular Sunday, things take a different turn when they pass by a stand selling watches. 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
