2025 | Color | 9:07 Growing up as a teenager in Michoacán—one of the central battlegrounds of the war against drug cartels—meant being shaped by fear and confusion. In this short film, I try to capture the stream of consciousness I experience whenever I reflect on that time. My focus isn’t on how events unfolded, but on how they felt. To look back on my past is, hopefully, to heal some part of it. Country: México, Portugal, Bélgica, Finlandia Direction: León; Juan María Script: León; Juan María Production: León; Juan María Photography: León; Juan María Sound: Ocádiz; Mauricio Music: Arrepia Ferreira; Francisco Cast:N/A Art direction: León; Juan María Participation year at FICM: 2025
2025 | Color | 9:07 Growing up as a teenager in Michoacán—one of the central battlegrounds of the war against drug cartels—meant being shaped by fear and confusion. In this short film, I try to capture the stream of consciousness I experience whenever I reflect on that time. My focus isn’t on how events unfolded, but on how they felt. To look back on my past is, hopefully, to heal some part of it. Country: México, Portugal, Bélgica, Finlandia Direction: León; Juan María Script: León; Juan María Production: León; Juan María Photography: León; Juan María Sound: Ocádiz; Mauricio Music: Arrepia Ferreira; Francisco Cast:N/A Art direction: León; Juan María Participation year at FICM: 2025
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
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