2024 | Color | 28:30 Amelia Aquino, 97 years old, is the last traditional potter of Ixtlán, Oaxaca, a town once known in the region for its beautiful clay pots and jugs. Amelia struggles to keep her millenary craft alive in the face of the assaults of modernity. Her life is an inspiring story of resilience, illustrating the current situation of indigenous peoples and their strategies of resistance through the wisdom that comes from listening to the Earth. Country: México Direction: Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho; Diego Production: Barrera Suárez; Kythzia Photography: Saavedra Castro; Julio César, Caballero; Edson Sound: Diez; Eloísa Music: Vargas Aquino; Ignacio Cast:Aquino; Amelia, Pérez Pérez; Rodolfo Participation year at FICM: 2024
2024 | Color | 28:30 Amelia Aquino, 97 years old, is the last traditional potter of Ixtlán, Oaxaca, a town once known in the region for its beautiful clay pots and jugs. Amelia struggles to keep her millenary craft alive in the face of the assaults of modernity. Her life is an inspiring story of resilience, illustrating the current situation of indigenous peoples and their strategies of resistance through the wisdom that comes from listening to the Earth. Country: México Direction: Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho; Diego Production: Barrera Suárez; Kythzia Photography: Saavedra Castro; Julio César, Caballero; Edson Sound: Diez; Eloísa Music: Vargas Aquino; Ignacio Cast:Aquino; Amelia, Pérez Pérez; Rodolfo Participation year at FICM: 2024
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The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26 Enjoy All the Free Events That the 24th FICM Has in Store for You! 10 · 16 · 26 Night of the Dead Celebration Week: A Tradition Learned Through Our Hands 10 · 14 · 26 The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
