2017 | Color | 93:40 Witkin & Witkin explores the world of identical twins: Joel-Peter, famous photographer, and Jerome, painter and teacher. An intensely human film that addresses the philosophy behind their practices, art, and personal relationships. We meet the women in their lives, granting us access to their artistic world. This is a film about perception and aging, about two artists working in different media and who shared more of their past than their present. Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Ziff; Trisha Production: Arenas; Luis, del Rio; Isabel, Ziff; Trisha Photography: Pérez Burchard; Felipe Sound: Argüero; Percival Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Participation year at FICM: 2017
2017 | Color | 93:40 Witkin & Witkin explores the world of identical twins: Joel-Peter, famous photographer, and Jerome, painter and teacher. An intensely human film that addresses the philosophy behind their practices, art, and personal relationships. We meet the women in their lives, granting us access to their artistic world. This is a film about perception and aging, about two artists working in different media and who shared more of their past than their present. Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Ziff; Trisha Production: Arenas; Luis, del Rio; Isabel, Ziff; Trisha Photography: Pérez Burchard; Felipe Sound: Argüero; Percival Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Participation year at FICM: 2017
Frida: The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away The Girl Just Doesn’t Go Away explores the global cultural and commercial obsession surrounding the image of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. A playful and reflective journey through the contradictions and complexity of the representation and appropriation of her image, exploring different perspectives on the contemporary mythology surrounding her life and legacy. See More
Oaxacalifornia: The Return An intimate portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family in California, Oaxacalifornia: The Return revisits the Mejía family 25 years after they were first portrayed negotiating their place in a new environment, digging deep into the complexities of multi-generational immigrant identities and the nuances of both belonging and otherness to become a moving epic about the fabric of the United States. See More
The Man Who Saw Too Much A film about fragility; about a man obsessed with photographing the accident who discovered that the fate of others was his way of connecting to life. When does the image of the accident become the object of desire? Following the footsteps of Metinides and the work of contemporary tabloid photographers, we discover Mexico City through a narrative of crime scenes and accidents; rubbernecking though Metinides' Gaze. See More
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 Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
