2006 | Color | 90 min On the same day that the troops of Pancho Villa attacked the village of Colombus, constituting the first invasion of the United States by a Latin American army, one of his many sons was born in Nazas, Durango. When his father was murdered by the government, his mother took him to California and told him: Never tell anybody who your father was, because your life and mine are in danger. 83 years later, Ernesto Nava came to his fatherland and discovered that General Villa is one of the most respected heroes in his country and a moral guide for millions of peasants throughout Mexico. Country: México Direction: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Script: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Production: Peñafiel; Manuel Photography: Peñafiel; Manuel Sound: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Music: Chávez ¨el Gatillero De Durango¨; Maximino Cast:Del Centauro; Familiares, Villistas; Ex-guerrilleros, Veteranos De La División Del Norte; Los, Del Caudillo; Hijo, Ernesto Nava; Don Art direction: Peñafiel; Manuel Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 90 min On the same day that the troops of Pancho Villa attacked the village of Colombus, constituting the first invasion of the United States by a Latin American army, one of his many sons was born in Nazas, Durango. When his father was murdered by the government, his mother took him to California and told him: Never tell anybody who your father was, because your life and mine are in danger. 83 years later, Ernesto Nava came to his fatherland and discovered that General Villa is one of the most respected heroes in his country and a moral guide for millions of peasants throughout Mexico. Country: México Direction: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Script: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Production: Peñafiel; Manuel Photography: Peñafiel; Manuel Sound: Taboada Tabone; Francesco Music: Chávez ¨el Gatillero De Durango¨; Maximino Cast:Del Centauro; Familiares, Villistas; Ex-guerrilleros, Veteranos De La División Del Norte; Los, Del Caudillo; Hijo, Ernesto Nava; Don Art direction: Peñafiel; Manuel Participation year at FICM: 2006
El mensajero At nightfall, a couple of soldiers wait for Feliciano to take him prisoner. When he arrives home, the soldiers search him and find a pouch of pot. The soldiers decide to make sure that it?s really marijuana and for one night everybody is happy. See More
¡Vámonos a la Revolución! Set in the period of the Mexican Revolution (circa 1911). Story based on Alberto López Becerra?s testimony. The last veteran of the Mexican Revolution, an unacknowledged hero, who recounts how he joined the social movement. See More
Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 05 · 22 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25
