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Marité Ugás and Mariana Rondón's IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS Premiered at the 23rd FICM

Omar Sosa

During the 23rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), It Would Be Night in Caracas (2025), by filmmakers Marité Ugás and Mariana Rondón, was screened for the first time in Latin America.

The two directors were joined at the screening by actor Edgar Ramírez and Stacy Perskie, the film's producers, as well as the film's cast Natalia Reyes, Sheila Monterola and Moisés Ayala. Daniela Michel, Founder and Director of the festival and Alejandro Ramírez, President of the festival, were also in attendance. 

Cinépolis Centro's screening room 2 was filled to capacity, with audience members sitting on the stairs to watch the film. After the screening, they stuck around to talk with the production team, which included cinematographer Juan Pablo Ramírez and production designer Ezra Buenrostro.

“The realities of Latin American countries are all very complex, and the fact that a Mexican team of filmmakers and producers decided to tell this story instead of one of the many others that exist in Mexico is, for us, a sign of solidarity and empathy that we will never forget,” said Edgar Ramírez, stressing how important it was for the team to premiere this film in Mexico. 

The filmmakers talked about how therapeutic it was for the cast, because the scenes were so hard that they blended with their real experiences. “This is a movie about exile, made by people in exile,” they added.

Actor Moisés Ayala spoke about how hard it was to leave the country secretly to be part of the shoot in Mexico, and thanked the Mexican people for offering shelter to Venezuelans.

The lead actress, Natalia Reyes, shared how honored she felt when she was offered the role. “I am Colombian. We have experienced the situation in Venezuela very closely. We are truly mirror countries, siblings. I have lived it and I have suffered it,” she said about the respect with which she approached her role in the movie. 

In the audience was a woman who was very moved by the film and praised the entire production team for the sensitivity with which they made it. She courageously shared what her life was like in Caracas before migrating to Mexico, and was surprised to relive moments of Venezuelan history in It Would Be Night In Caracas.

Set in a Caracas in crisis, Adelaida buries her mother and returns home, only to find it taken over by violent militias. As society crumbles around her, Adelaida must risk everything, even her identity, to survive.