2017 | Color | 124:00 The misnamed Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) left a million dead and 500,000 refugees, some20,000 of whom were taken in by Mexico. Among them were the director’s grandparents, parents, aunt, and many of their friends. This epic tragedy yielded stories of survival and luck as experienced and recalled by the protagonists, here intertwined with the shared history of Spain and Mexico in the twentieth century. Country: México Direction: Urrusti; Juan Francisco Script: Piñó Sandoval; Ana, Urrusti; Juan Francisco Production: Urrusti; Juan Francisco Photography: Luna; Mario Sound: Sánchez Padilla; Jesús Music: Urrusti; Juan Rafael, Urrusti; Ana Francisca Participation year at FICM: 2019
2017 | Color | 124:00 The misnamed Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) left a million dead and 500,000 refugees, some20,000 of whom were taken in by Mexico. Among them were the director’s grandparents, parents, aunt, and many of their friends. This epic tragedy yielded stories of survival and luck as experienced and recalled by the protagonists, here intertwined with the shared history of Spain and Mexico in the twentieth century. Country: México Direction: Urrusti; Juan Francisco Script: Piñó Sandoval; Ana, Urrusti; Juan Francisco Production: Urrusti; Juan Francisco Photography: Luna; Mario Sound: Sánchez Padilla; Jesús Music: Urrusti; Juan Rafael, Urrusti; Ana Francisca Participation year at FICM: 2019
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
A List of Mexicans Who Have Won an Oscar... Updated! 03 · 02 · 25 Bruno Dumont and HADEWIJCH: FICM 2009 02 · 20 · 25 Yolanda Montes “Tongolele”, diosa de la danza 02 · 18 · 25 PEPE EL TORO appears in Cahiers 02 · 13 · 25
