2023 | Color | 77:00 In Laredo, a Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the summer nights of youth can’t last forever. Stuck in an immigration process with deportation as a constant threat, home feels like a fragile concept. Together—between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands—they confront the stresses of survival, community-building, and the future. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Contreras; Estefanía, Castaños; Silvia Del Carmen Script: del Carmen Castaños; Silvia, Contreras; Estefanía “Beba” Production: Schlesinger; Jillian, Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Benavides; Leslie, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Ng; Diane, Medow; Rivkah Beth Photography: Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Ng; Diane Sound: Dupre; Danielle, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Schlesinger; Jillian, Vela; Charlie, McVinnie; Matt Music: Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”, Cruz; Elijah, Hoy; Brendan Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 77:00 In Laredo, a Texas city on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the summer nights of youth can’t last forever. Stuck in an immigration process with deportation as a constant threat, home feels like a fragile concept. Together—between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands—they confront the stresses of survival, community-building, and the future. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Contreras; Estefanía, Castaños; Silvia Del Carmen Script: del Carmen Castaños; Silvia, Contreras; Estefanía “Beba” Production: Schlesinger; Jillian, Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Benavides; Leslie, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Ng; Diane, Medow; Rivkah Beth Photography: Drake-McLaughlin; Miguel, Ng; Diane Sound: Dupre; Danielle, Rodriguez-Falco; Ana, Schlesinger; Jillian, Vela; Charlie, McVinnie; Matt Music: Contreras; Estefanía “Beba”, Cruz; Elijah, Hoy; Brendan Participation year at FICM: 2023
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
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
The Book ESCRITORAS PIONERAS DEL CINE SONORO EN MÉXICO: JANET ALCORIZA Was Presented at the 24th FICM 10 · 17 · 26 Jonás Cuarón's CAMPEÓN GABACHO at the 24th FICM 10 · 16 · 26 The Morelia International Film Festival Kicked Off Its 24th Edition with CAMPEÓN GABACHO by Jonás Cuarón 10 · 16 · 26 FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
The Book ESCRITORAS PIONERAS DEL CINE SONORO EN MÉXICO: JANET ALCORIZA Was Presented at the 24th FICM 10 · 17 · 26
The Morelia International Film Festival Kicked Off Its 24th Edition with CAMPEÓN GABACHO by Jonás Cuarón 10 · 16 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
