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
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
Stellan Skarsgård to Present Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at the 23rd FICM 10 · 03 · 25 Juliette Binoche to Receive the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 23rd FICM 10 · 02 · 25 Cherien Dabis to Present ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU at the 23rd FICM 10 · 01 · 25 Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM 09 · 30 · 25
