2024 | Color | 80:00 The documentary explores how tradition and creativity sustain the cultural life of the Binnizá community in Oaxaca’s Isthmus. Through art and oral storytelling, a living worldview is preserved. The influence of Francisco Toledo, intertwined with ancestral memory, strengthens an identity that persists and transforms in the present. Country: México Direction: Rulfo; Juan Carlos Script: Valle; Antonio Production: Díaz Casanova; Eduardo, Castro; Mariana Photography: Rulfo; Juan Carlos Sound: Barberis; Nerio, Orozco; Maluz Music: Heiblum; Leonardo Cast:Pineda; Irma, Avendaño; Lukas, García; Didxazá, Fuentes; Obed, Martínez; Panfilo, Bazendu; Rosty, Meneses; Amilcar, Zárate; Jaime Art direction: NA Participation year at FICM: 2025
2024 | Color | 80:00 The documentary explores how tradition and creativity sustain the cultural life of the Binnizá community in Oaxaca’s Isthmus. Through art and oral storytelling, a living worldview is preserved. The influence of Francisco Toledo, intertwined with ancestral memory, strengthens an identity that persists and transforms in the present. Country: México Direction: Rulfo; Juan Carlos Script: Valle; Antonio Production: Díaz Casanova; Eduardo, Castro; Mariana Photography: Rulfo; Juan Carlos Sound: Barberis; Nerio, Orozco; Maluz Music: Heiblum; Leonardo Cast:Pineda; Irma, Avendaño; Lukas, García; Didxazá, Fuentes; Obed, Martínez; Panfilo, Bazendu; Rosty, Meneses; Amilcar, Zárate; Jaime Art direction: NA Participation year at FICM: 2025
In The Pit A Mexican legend says the devil demands a soul in exchange for every bridge left standing. In Mexico City, a group of men build a huge bridge over the Periférico. As they work, they share their dreams, loves, fears, and the life unfolding down below. The bridge is just an excuse. What matters happens beneath them: work, humor, friendship, desire, and the small moments that life is made of. And as the bridge rises, the legend draws near. See More
Lorena, light footed woman Lorena Ramírez is a light footed rarámuri woman who likes to run ultra marathons in sandals and traditional dresses. She has become one of the fastest runners in the world. Lorena alternates between the peaceful life in the mountains of Chihuahua surrounded by her family, and the demands of the races in and out of Mexico. See More
Letters From a Distance The COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of communication, transportation, work and interaction of societies in Mexico and the world, but for the patients hospitalized by the virus, all possibilities of contact with their own were closed. The patients suspected of having COVID-19 are isolated from the moment they enter the medical units, without the certainty of being infected, with the uncertainty of survival and in total solitude. 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 Adriana Domínguez Will Present ADOLFO DOMÍNGUEZ: EL ECO DE OTRAS VOCES at the 24th FICM 10 · 13 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
