B/N | 90 In one side, a 5-year-old girl with a rare and incurable type of epilepsy. In the other, a substance derivated from cannabis sativa which ends the child's seizures. Between them, a law that prevents the treatment. ILLEGAL shows a mother's fight to ensure her daughters right to health. Her struggle originated a national movement towards the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Brazil. Country: Brasil Direction: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Script: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Production: Araujo; Tarso, Laus; Clarice Photography: Braga Music: Modular Safari Participation year at FICM: 2014
B/N | 90 In one side, a 5-year-old girl with a rare and incurable type of epilepsy. In the other, a substance derivated from cannabis sativa which ends the child's seizures. Between them, a law that prevents the treatment. ILLEGAL shows a mother's fight to ensure her daughters right to health. Her struggle originated a national movement towards the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Brazil. Country: Brasil Direction: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Script: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Production: Araujo; Tarso, Laus; Clarice Photography: Braga Music: Modular Safari Participation year at FICM: 2014
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
