The Vanished

A group of queer youth make their home in a small village on the shores of Mexico’s largest lake. Uriel, one of its members, decides to leave behind her female identity after joining a religious group. But their strong friendship has created a sense of belonging that unites them in a special way; together, they celebrate their youth and proclaim their freedom in a kind of living manifesto that flourishes in their sisterhood.

Fog rolls across the green highlands of the Wixáritari in Western Mexico. Young Pedro lives here with his mother Aurelia, isolated from the rest of the world. Pedro leads the goats out to graze and explores his surroundings playfully, while Aurelia weaves fine cloth, gathers firewood and prepares food. A documentary portrait of the symbiotic relationship between a small Indigenous family and their remote homeland.