2014 | B/N | 92:11 Rwanda, 2012. In the years following the genocide against the Tutsi, community-led trials for justice and reconciliation continue across the country. Vénéranda, a survivor, leads dialogues between victims and the families of perpetrators, helping others rebuild their lives and look towards the future. But when she learns of her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy, she is forced to confront the limits of her own convictions. Country: México, USA Direction: Echevarría; Nicolás Script: Echevarría; Nicolás Production: Álvarez; José, Chavezmontes; Julio, Fitzgerald; Michael, Ramey; James Photography: Hofmann; Sebastián, Echevarría; Nicolás Sound: Quesada; Javier Music: Lavista; Mario Participation year at FICM: 2026
2014 | B/N | 92:11 Rwanda, 2012. In the years following the genocide against the Tutsi, community-led trials for justice and reconciliation continue across the country. Vénéranda, a survivor, leads dialogues between victims and the families of perpetrators, helping others rebuild their lives and look towards the future. But when she learns of her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy, she is forced to confront the limits of her own convictions. Country: México, USA Direction: Echevarría; Nicolás Script: Echevarría; Nicolás Production: Álvarez; José, Chavezmontes; Julio, Fitzgerald; Michael, Ramey; James Photography: Hofmann; Sebastián, Echevarría; Nicolás Sound: Quesada; Javier Music: Lavista; Mario Participation year at FICM: 2026
Tzintzuntzan Tzintzuntzan is the name of a village in Michoacán, México. During Easter, the so called “spies” go through the streets mounted on horses in search of Jesus house by house without truce. Their purpose is to arrest, judge, torture and sacrifice him. This old tradition culminates with a procession on holy Friday that carries all the images of Christ. See More
Peasant Poets Nicolás Echevarría follows a local circus group—made up of a poet and two little acrobats—during the festivities of San Felipe Otlaltepec, a village in the state of Puebla. Its inhabitants are so devoted to their local celebrations that they become unwitting participants in the show. See More
Echo of the Mountain Santos de la Torre is a Huichol artist who lives isolated and unrecognized in his own country though a magnificent beadwork mural of his is displayed at the entrance of the Louvre, in Paris. This documentary follows him on his pilgrimage to sacred places, such as Wirikuta, "the land of peyote," in San Luis Potosí state, where he asks the gods to let him make a new mural showing the history, mythology, and religious practices of his people. See More
The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26
Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26
