2010 | Color | 70 min 20 seg Since 2003, the Mexican government has been trying to build the "La Parota" hydroelectric dam. If built, it would flood several communities south of Acapulco. In this documentary, the campesinos, who have resisted this project, show us their lives, work and love of the land. Country: México Direction: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Production: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Photography: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Sound: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Music: García; Julio Participation year at FICM: 2010
2010 | Color | 70 min 20 seg Since 2003, the Mexican government has been trying to build the "La Parota" hydroelectric dam. If built, it would flood several communities south of Acapulco. In this documentary, the campesinos, who have resisted this project, show us their lives, work and love of the land. Country: México Direction: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Production: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Photography: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Sound: Pérez Rojas; Carlos Music: García; Julio Participation year at FICM: 2010
Mëjk Mëjk is a documentary that follows the happenstances in the life of Genaro, who, while teaching grade school in a Mixe community in Oaxaca, Mexico, learns something himself. See More
Open Sky The largest gold deposit in Mexico is in the Ejido of Carrizalillo, in the state of Guerrero. At the beginning of 2007, the landowners demanded that Goldcorp, a Canadian transnational company, pay them rent for their land and provide social benefits for the community. See More
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 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 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
