2013 | B/N | 15 In 2006, dissident teachers and other community members formed the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). One objective of the group was to force the then state governor to step down. After months of protests, the movement was repressed by the army. A 10 year old who faced this violence, now 17, gives his views on his country and its social structures, views that have changed radically over time. Country: México Direction: Faune Script: Faune Production: Chao; Yoari Photography: Hernández; Amelia, Chao; Yoari, Faune Participation year at FICM: 2014
2013 | B/N | 15 In 2006, dissident teachers and other community members formed the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). One objective of the group was to force the then state governor to step down. After months of protests, the movement was repressed by the army. A 10 year old who faced this violence, now 17, gives his views on his country and its social structures, views that have changed radically over time. Country: México Direction: Faune Script: Faune Production: Chao; Yoari Photography: Hernández; Amelia, Chao; Yoari, Faune Participation year at FICM: 2014
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
