2005 | Color | 72 min The Tailenders explores the work of an evangelical missionary group, Global Recordings, known not only for their numerous conversions, but also for their recordings and translations of over five thousand languages since their inception in 1939. Working in regions where indigenous communities face crises caused by global economic shifts, and using amazingly efficient low-tech audio recording devices, the missionaries seek both the material and ideological means and meanings of these linguistic translations and spiritual transformations, while linking the expansionism of evangelical Protestantism to that of global capitalism Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Horne; Adele Script: Horn; Adele Production: Horn; Adele Photography: Chian; Leo, Hagan; Shana, Horne; Adele Sound: Colbert; Maile Music: Ziporyn; Evan Participation year at FICM: 2006
2005 | Color | 72 min The Tailenders explores the work of an evangelical missionary group, Global Recordings, known not only for their numerous conversions, but also for their recordings and translations of over five thousand languages since their inception in 1939. Working in regions where indigenous communities face crises caused by global economic shifts, and using amazingly efficient low-tech audio recording devices, the missionaries seek both the material and ideological means and meanings of these linguistic translations and spiritual transformations, while linking the expansionism of evangelical Protestantism to that of global capitalism Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Horne; Adele Script: Horn; Adele Production: Horn; Adele Photography: Chian; Leo, Hagan; Shana, Horne; Adele Sound: Colbert; Maile Music: Ziporyn; Evan Participation year at FICM: 2006
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
