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Within the framework of the celebration of the 200th anniver-
sary of Mexican Independence and 100th anniversary of the Mexi-
can Revolution, the Mexican Film Institute and the Nacional
Chamber of the Telecommunications Industry and Information
Technologies (CANIETI), under the direction of Luis Téllez, Karla Castañeda, Rigoberto Mora, René Castillo and Rita Basulto, produced 26, one-and-a-half minute animated film capsules. Each one describes daily life in 1810, as well as in 1910. The title of the project is Fate, Wit and Short Stories of the Independence Movement and the Revolution. The Morelia Internacional Film Festival will screen the following film capsules within the Fate, Wit and Short Stories of the Independence Movement and the Revolution program.


Cast:La Linterna Mágica, Director: Luis Téllez, Guión: Luis Téllez, , El País Del Juego, Director: Rigoberto Mora, Guión: Eusebio Balderas, , Viruela O Bizcocho, Director: Karla Castañeda, Guión: Karla Cas

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If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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