2009 | B/N | 122:00 Sometime in 1996, a terrifying phenomenon emerged in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. In this now-infamous city, young women are regularly murdered. Most of the time, no arrests are made, or charges laid for the killings. Country: México Direction: Carrera; Carlos Script: Berman; Sabina Production: Tardán; Isabelle, Berman; Sabina Photography: Boege; Martín, González; Everardo Sound: Martinez Cobos; Mario Music: Corona; Fernando Cast:de la Reguera; Ana, Zagada; Asur, Cortés; Iván, Pérez; Marco, Smits; Jimmy, Calva; Alejandro, Cosío; Joaquín, Leaño; Enoc, Politi; Carolina, Rasgado; Amorita, Badreya; Sayed Art direction: Ponce; Lizette Participation year at FICM: 2025
2009 | B/N | 122:00 Sometime in 1996, a terrifying phenomenon emerged in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. In this now-infamous city, young women are regularly murdered. Most of the time, no arrests are made, or charges laid for the killings. Country: México Direction: Carrera; Carlos Script: Berman; Sabina Production: Tardán; Isabelle, Berman; Sabina Photography: Boege; Martín, González; Everardo Sound: Martinez Cobos; Mario Music: Corona; Fernando Cast:de la Reguera; Ana, Zagada; Asur, Cortés; Iván, Pérez; Marco, Smits; Jimmy, Calva; Alejandro, Cosío; Joaquín, Leaño; Enoc, Politi; Carolina, Rasgado; Amorita, Badreya; Sayed Art direction: Ponce; Lizette Participation year at FICM: 2025
Benjamín's Woman Seventeen-year-old Natividad is bored at home. Benjamín, the town fool, falls in love with the girl and abducts her, holding her captive in hopes of seducing her. Natividad plays on Benjamín’s devotion and the confidences shared by his sister, Micaela. The intervention of Leandro—who also desires Natividad—triggers a violent episode that seals her fate and restores Benjamín’s reputation in town. See More
Confesiones The peace and harmony of a wealthy Mexico City family is shattered with the disappearance of their youngest daughter. Hours later, her captor calls to inform them that what he wants isn’t money, but a face-to-face confession: someone in the family has a secret, and its disclosure will be their penance. During the course of that night, the darkest secrets will be revealed. See More
I’m Going to Be Famou Five Mexican children are chasing their dreams in hopes that they will find their way to where superstars are made: the bright lights of Mexico City. As we witness the sacrifices, highs, lows, and dead-ends of their perilous journey, director Carlos Carrera presents the raw, unvarnished truth of the pursuit of fame and fortune through a child’s eyes. 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
