B/N | 56:46 Over sixty years ago, and after an exhaustive review of Mexico’s ethnic dances (which she personally adapted in sometimes controversial ways), Amalia Hernández founded the Ballet Folkórico de México [Folkloric Ballet of Mexico]. Through interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, dancers, researchers, writers, and specialists, this documentary brings us into contact with the life and work of this remarkable Mexican dancer and choreographer, named first-prize winner at the Festival of Nations by the French government (1961) and winner of the Premio Nacional de Artes [National Arts Prize, 1992], among many other awards. Direction: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Script: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Music: González de León Heiblum; Emiliano Participation year at FICM: 2017
B/N | 56:46 Over sixty years ago, and after an exhaustive review of Mexico’s ethnic dances (which she personally adapted in sometimes controversial ways), Amalia Hernández founded the Ballet Folkórico de México [Folkloric Ballet of Mexico]. Through interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, dancers, researchers, writers, and specialists, this documentary brings us into contact with the life and work of this remarkable Mexican dancer and choreographer, named first-prize winner at the Festival of Nations by the French government (1961) and winner of the Premio Nacional de Artes [National Arts Prize, 1992], among many other awards. Direction: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Script: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Music: González de León Heiblum; Emiliano Participation year at FICM: 2017
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
