2009 | Color | 103 min Daniel - a recent university graduate with Down's Syndrome - falls in love on his first day at work in the Department of Social Services. Laura is an outsider who spends her nights in the city's crowded clubs and singles' bars, escaping her problems in the arms of total strangers. Yet despite their apparent incompatibility, the two strike up a moving, bittersweet friendship that touches them both and eventually sets them on the road to happiness. Country: España Direction: Pastor; Álvaro, Naharro; Antonio Script: Naharrro; Antonio, Pastor; Álvaro Production: Gómez Cardeña; Manuel, Medem; Julio, Zuazua; Koldo Photography: Postigo; Alfonso Sound: Valiño; Eva Music: Milkyway; Guille Cast:Dueñas; Lola, Pineda; Pablo, Naharro; Antonio, García Lorca; Isabel Participation year at FICM: 2010
2009 | Color | 103 min Daniel - a recent university graduate with Down's Syndrome - falls in love on his first day at work in the Department of Social Services. Laura is an outsider who spends her nights in the city's crowded clubs and singles' bars, escaping her problems in the arms of total strangers. Yet despite their apparent incompatibility, the two strike up a moving, bittersweet friendship that touches them both and eventually sets them on the road to happiness. Country: España Direction: Pastor; Álvaro, Naharro; Antonio Script: Naharrro; Antonio, Pastor; Álvaro Production: Gómez Cardeña; Manuel, Medem; Julio, Zuazua; Koldo Photography: Postigo; Alfonso Sound: Valiño; Eva Music: Milkyway; Guille Cast:Dueñas; Lola, Pineda; Pablo, Naharro; Antonio, García Lorca; Isabel Participation year at FICM: 2010
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
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