2024 | Color | 28:30 Amelia Aquino, 97 years old, is the last traditional potter of Ixtlán, Oaxaca, a town once known in the region for its beautiful clay pots and jugs. Amelia struggles to keep her millenary craft alive in the face of the assaults of modernity. Her life is an inspiring story of resilience, illustrating the current situation of indigenous peoples and their strategies of resistance through the wisdom that comes from listening to the Earth. Country: México Direction: Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho; Diego Production: Barrera Suárez; Kythzia Photography: Saavedra Castro; Julio César, Caballero; Edson Sound: Diez; Eloísa Music: Vargas Aquino; Ignacio Cast:Aquino; Amelia, Pérez Pérez; Rodolfo Participation year at FICM: 2024
2024 | Color | 28:30 Amelia Aquino, 97 years old, is the last traditional potter of Ixtlán, Oaxaca, a town once known in the region for its beautiful clay pots and jugs. Amelia struggles to keep her millenary craft alive in the face of the assaults of modernity. Her life is an inspiring story of resilience, illustrating the current situation of indigenous peoples and their strategies of resistance through the wisdom that comes from listening to the Earth. Country: México Direction: Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho; Diego Production: Barrera Suárez; Kythzia Photography: Saavedra Castro; Julio César, Caballero; Edson Sound: Diez; Eloísa Music: Vargas Aquino; Ignacio Cast:Aquino; Amelia, Pérez Pérez; Rodolfo Participation year at FICM: 2024
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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 Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
