2013 | Color | 80 min Hecha dentro de la tradición de la caméra- stylo Purgatorio, es una fábula humanista, una experiencia épica y visceral con poderosas imágenes donde Reyes imagina la frontera México-Estados Unidos como un lugar mítico comparable al purgatorio de Dante. Al retratar un mosaico de personajes conmovedores y paisajes rotos en ambos lados de la frontera, el cineasta reflexiona sobre los defectos de la naturaleza humana y el absurdo del mundo moderno. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Reyes; Rodrigo Participation year at FICM: 2013
2013 | Color | 80 min Hecha dentro de la tradición de la caméra- stylo Purgatorio, es una fábula humanista, una experiencia épica y visceral con poderosas imágenes donde Reyes imagina la frontera México-Estados Unidos como un lugar mítico comparable al purgatorio de Dante. Al retratar un mosaico de personajes conmovedores y paisajes rotos en ambos lados de la frontera, el cineasta reflexiona sobre los defectos de la naturaleza humana y el absurdo del mundo moderno. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Reyes; Rodrigo Participation year at FICM: 2013
Querida Fátima A decade after her 12-year-old daughter Fátima was murdered in a brutal feminicide, Lorena Gutiérrez sets up camp outside of Mexico’s National Palace, demanding an audience with the country’s first female president. Directed collectively and led by Lorena herself, this visceral portrait captures the intersection of personal grief and political resistance in a country where according to the United Nations, 10 women and girls are murdered everyday. See More
Sansón and Me Two Mexican migrants, a young man serving a life sentence in prison and a filmmaker who was his court interpreter, become intertwined through life and cinema. See More
Sanson and Me Over the course of seven years of sharing letters and visiting him, Sanson and me have collaborated on a script for a series of reenactments narrating his tragic life story, spanning his childhood as a poor orphan in Mexico to his struggles to survive as a teenager in rural California. Slowly, the film begins to grow into an expansive portrait of the systemic failures impacting Sansón’s life as well as our developing friendship. See More
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 Enjoy All the Free Events That the 24th FICM Has in Store for You! 10 · 16 · 26 Night of the Dead Celebration Week: A Tradition Learned Through Our Hands 10 · 14 · 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
