2008 | Color | 60 min In 1994, the U.S. transnational company Granjas Carroll began operations in the valley of Cofre de Perote, in Veracruz. At first, the farmers thought the pig farm would benefit the community but as time went on they realized they had been deceived: the farm contaminated the air, the land and the water. The farmers united and began to protest. Time will show they were right: in 2009 the terrible swine flu epidemic begins in “La Gloria” and spreads throughout the world. Country: México Direction: Casanova; Felipe, Díaz; Miguel Ángel Script: Casanova; Felipe, Díaz; Miguel Ángel Production: Agraviados Films;, Sotavento Creación Interdisciplinaria AC Photography: Díaz; Miguel Ángel Music: Sánchez; Alfredo Participation year at FICM: 2009
2008 | Color | 60 min In 1994, the U.S. transnational company Granjas Carroll began operations in the valley of Cofre de Perote, in Veracruz. At first, the farmers thought the pig farm would benefit the community but as time went on they realized they had been deceived: the farm contaminated the air, the land and the water. The farmers united and began to protest. Time will show they were right: in 2009 the terrible swine flu epidemic begins in “La Gloria” and spreads throughout the world. Country: México Direction: Casanova; Felipe, Díaz; Miguel Ángel Script: Casanova; Felipe, Díaz; Miguel Ángel Production: Agraviados Films;, Sotavento Creación Interdisciplinaria AC Photography: Díaz; Miguel Ángel Music: Sánchez; Alfredo Participation year at FICM: 2009
The Conformist In Fascist Italy in 1938, Marcello Clerici is eager to be accepted into the social circles of the regime, which he admires. His opportunity arises when he is ordered to track down, in Paris, a former professor of his—now an opponent of Mussolini—and assassinate him. See More
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
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