B/N | 95:00 Introverted young Laura arrives in a secluded town enveloped in palm plantations. As she and her family start their new life, Laura glimpses a hidden world, marked by a chilling legend about a forest-dwelling beast that preys on women. At first, she dismisses it as a childish fantasy. But when she meets the radiant Daniela, their friendship takes her on a journey that unravels the beast’s true nature. Country: México Direction: Torres; Kim Production: Vargas Carballo; Alejandra, Monroy López; Mariana Participation year at FICM: 2024
B/N | 95:00 Introverted young Laura arrives in a secluded town enveloped in palm plantations. As she and her family start their new life, Laura glimpses a hidden world, marked by a chilling legend about a forest-dwelling beast that preys on women. At first, she dismisses it as a childish fantasy. But when she meets the radiant Daniela, their friendship takes her on a journey that unravels the beast’s true nature. Country: México Direction: Torres; Kim Production: Vargas Carballo; Alejandra, Monroy López; Mariana Participation year at FICM: 2024
If We Don't Burn How Do We Light Up The Night Thirteen-year old Laura feels trapped in her reconfigured family. As she begins to embrace her new life, amidst sprawling forests and palm plantations, she discovers the town holds a sinister secret that threatens the women she holds dear. See More
The Moon Will Contain Us In the small coastal town of Manzanillo, Costa Rica, local teens and adolescents share their stories, lies, and fantasies on the cusp of a cataclysmic event. Playing amid ruins and wreckages, and voicing their boredom at the lack of change, Manzanillo’s children engage in a collective fabulation, finding strategies for building a new world from the old. See More
Night Light A tale about solitude portrayed from the intimacy of three brothers who are about to receive one of the worst news of their lives. In the midst of it all, the wilderness accompanies them, but also haunts them. See More
Stellan Skarsgård to Present Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at the 23rd FICM 10 · 03 · 25 Juliette Binoche to Receive the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 23rd FICM 10 · 02 · 25 Cherien Dabis to Present ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU at the 23rd FICM 10 · 01 · 25 Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM 09 · 30 · 25
