Moon Belly

2024 | Color | 29:26

In a small place in the Highlands of Chiapas, a Tsotsil girl who will give birth for the first time, invokes the memories of the women who preceded her in order to face this moment. Amidst the fears and uncertainties of giving life, she discovers motherhood from the cosmovision of her world.

Country: México
Direction: K'an; Liliana
Script: K'an; Liliana
Production: K'an; Liliana, Contreras; Daniela, Défossé; Nicolás
Photography: K'an; Liliana
Sound: Hernández Zanate; Julián, K'an; Liliana, De Torcy; Martin, Lavalle; Ricardo
Music: Hernández Zanate; Julián
Cast:K'an; Liliana, Gómez Hernández; Juana, Pérez López; Dominga, López Sántiz; Lucía, Pérez Paciencia; Juana, Hernández López; Vincent Julián
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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