2023 | B/N | 24:00 A poetic tribute to the writer, poet, and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed alongside eight other activists for opposing the environmental damage inflicted on Ogoni, their oil-rich homeland. Wiwa witnessed the initial entrance of foreign oil companies and the beginning of crude oil extraction in the Niger Delta region. Repeated oil spills and gas flaring led to the ecological degradation of Ogoniland. Country: Estados Unidos, Nigeria Direction: Berger; Matthew Script: Uchibeke; Majiye Production: Jenkins; Denzel, Lagoze; Miles Photography: Shimelash; Wubetu Sound: Cao;Shan, Damisi Music: Freundlich; Cal, Piety; Kyle, Sears; Arthur Art direction: Li; Claire, Wu; Daisy Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | B/N | 24:00 A poetic tribute to the writer, poet, and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed alongside eight other activists for opposing the environmental damage inflicted on Ogoni, their oil-rich homeland. Wiwa witnessed the initial entrance of foreign oil companies and the beginning of crude oil extraction in the Niger Delta region. Repeated oil spills and gas flaring led to the ecological degradation of Ogoniland. Country: Estados Unidos, Nigeria Direction: Berger; Matthew Script: Uchibeke; Majiye Production: Jenkins; Denzel, Lagoze; Miles Photography: Shimelash; Wubetu Sound: Cao;Shan, Damisi Music: Freundlich; Cal, Piety; Kyle, Sears; Arthur Art direction: Li; Claire, Wu; Daisy Participation year at FICM: 2023
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
MEMORY OF THE FORGOTTEN, a Documentary 10 · 23 · 25 The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25
