2025 | Color | 66:00 Exploring the origins and development of colonialism, multiple stories intertwine across the tides of the Pacific Ocean. Following the route of the Manila Galleon —which sailed between the Philippines and the ports of New Spain, carrying Chinese goods from 1565 to 1815— time slips like a serpent: past and present coexist through automated humans. Country: México, Inlaterra, Dinamarca Direction: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García, Carlos San Juan Script: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Production: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Photography: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Sound: Carlos San Juan Juanchi Music: Tomás Ruiz Cast:María Évoli, Ana Pereira Art direction: Paty Hernández Participation year at FICM: 2025
2025 | Color | 66:00 Exploring the origins and development of colonialism, multiple stories intertwine across the tides of the Pacific Ocean. Following the route of the Manila Galleon —which sailed between the Philippines and the ports of New Spain, carrying Chinese goods from 1565 to 1815— time slips like a serpent: past and present coexist through automated humans. Country: México, Inlaterra, Dinamarca Direction: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García, Carlos San Juan Script: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Production: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Photography: José de Jesús Gutiérrez García Sound: Carlos San Juan Juanchi Music: Tomás Ruiz Cast:María Évoli, Ana Pereira Art direction: Paty Hernández 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
Stellan Skarsgård to Present Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at the 23rd FICM 10 · 03 · 25 Juliette Binoche to Receive the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 23rd FICM 10 · 02 · 25 Cherien Dabis to Present ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU at the 23rd FICM 10 · 01 · 25 Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM 09 · 30 · 25
