Where the Corn Fields Are

2023 | Color | 72:00

In a highly controlled smart city in the year 2084 two climate migrants try to connect by writing old-fashioned letters to each other. Itu Ninu is a Sci-Fi film in Mixtec, an Indigenous language from Mexico, reflecting on the future, migration, and climate change.

Country: México, Reino Unido
Direction: Jansen; Itandehui
Script: Bautista García; Armando
Production: Bautista García; Armando
Photography: Jansen; Itandehui
Sound: Aikman; William
Music: Sciandrone; Enrica
Cast:Herrera; Alejandra, Ñuu Savi; Nadia, Bautista García; Armando
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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