2016 | Color | 09:30 In a dystopian future where fossil fuels were exhausted, ruling corporations confiscated books and burned them to generate energy. With them, free thinking had been lost and human beings had morphed into illiterate cockroaches. In New York City an underground group of exiled scientists, writers and artists were the last bastion of those who remembered the books. This is the story of Pikes, a member of The Inksect. Direction: Calvillo; Pablo Script: Calvillo; Pablo Production: Byrne; Rachael, Anaya; Miguel Photography: Saldivar AMC; Serguei Sound: Juárez; Jaime Music: Cantilo; Demián Cast:Melon; Fabrina Art direction: Calvillo; Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2016
2016 | Color | 09:30 In a dystopian future where fossil fuels were exhausted, ruling corporations confiscated books and burned them to generate energy. With them, free thinking had been lost and human beings had morphed into illiterate cockroaches. In New York City an underground group of exiled scientists, writers and artists were the last bastion of those who remembered the books. This is the story of Pikes, a member of The Inksect. Direction: Calvillo; Pablo Script: Calvillo; Pablo Production: Byrne; Rachael, Anaya; Miguel Photography: Saldivar AMC; Serguei Sound: Juárez; Jaime Music: Cantilo; Demián Cast:Melon; Fabrina Art direction: Calvillo; Pablo Participation year at FICM: 2016
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 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
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
