2017 | B/N | 16:00 Chon, a Wixárika man, tells the story of his cousin Faustino, son of the shaman in the indigenous community of La Mora, Nayarit. In 1983, Faustino proclaimed himself god and spiritual leader. Backed by an armed group, he menaced and terrorized neighboring villages. Horrified by witnessing his cousin kill members of their own community, Chon fled La Mora and reported the incidents to the police of the closest village, Santa María del Oro. Direction: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Script: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Production: Hetzenauer; Bernhard, Mijatovic; Marko, V. Moldovan; Antoniu Photography: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Sound: Oliveros Soria; Adolfo Aarón, Rodríguez Cervantes; Alan, Lujan; Marco Antonio, Félix Gavaldón; Roberto Participation year at FICM: 2017
2017 | B/N | 16:00 Chon, a Wixárika man, tells the story of his cousin Faustino, son of the shaman in the indigenous community of La Mora, Nayarit. In 1983, Faustino proclaimed himself god and spiritual leader. Backed by an armed group, he menaced and terrorized neighboring villages. Horrified by witnessing his cousin kill members of their own community, Chon fled La Mora and reported the incidents to the police of the closest village, Santa María del Oro. Direction: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Script: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Production: Hetzenauer; Bernhard, Mijatovic; Marko, V. Moldovan; Antoniu Photography: Hetzenauer; Bernhard Sound: Oliveros Soria; Adolfo Aarón, Rodríguez Cervantes; Alan, Lujan; Marco Antonio, Félix Gavaldón; Roberto Participation year at FICM: 2017
Those Next to Us In breathtaking words, Germán López Rosales from Mexico talks about his experience of a failed human-smuggling operation from border town Laredo, Texas, to San Antonio. Locked up inside a tractor-trailer, eight out of 39 immigrants died that day next to Germán because of extreme heat and lack of water. Two others died later in the hospital. See More
They Wanted to Be Loved This film is an oniric exploration of memory. Silent, deserted places are linked with texts that convey the narrative of a vague love story. A couple visits places around an unknown city. While they slowly get to know each other, the places they visit guard a memory of their encounter. The film's meditative form pulls the spectator into a dream-like state of trance, for in between presence, past and imagination, love is a dimension hard to grasp. See More
The Birthmark Mexico City. August 31st was Victoria Pamela Salas' birthday. Her mother Consuelo was waiting for her daughter to return home to celebrate. At that time she would have never imagined how that very day would change her life forever. See More
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