2018 | B/N | 95:00 1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them. Direction: Springall; Alejandro Script: basado en La ruta de los caídos de Guillermo Munro Palacio, Sayles; John Production: Springall; Alejandro, Campos; Edher, Salinas; Luis, Navarro; Bertha Photography: Saldívar Tanaka; Sergei Sound: Locatelli; Raúl, Lach; Pablo Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Cast:Jason Tobin, Flavio Medina, Rafael Cebrián, Ben Milliken, Patricia Ortiz, Abbie Del Villar Chi, Carolina Molva, Torres; Harold, Zacarías; Giovanna, González; Erando, Cosío; Joaquín, Heredia; Dolores, Manuel Bernal; Juan Art direction: Valdez; Sandro Participation year at FICM: 2018
2018 | B/N | 95:00 1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them. Direction: Springall; Alejandro Script: basado en La ruta de los caídos de Guillermo Munro Palacio, Sayles; John Production: Springall; Alejandro, Campos; Edher, Salinas; Luis, Navarro; Bertha Photography: Saldívar Tanaka; Sergei Sound: Locatelli; Raúl, Lach; Pablo Music: Lieberman; Jacobo Cast:Jason Tobin, Flavio Medina, Rafael Cebrián, Ben Milliken, Patricia Ortiz, Abbie Del Villar Chi, Carolina Molva, Torres; Harold, Zacarías; Giovanna, González; Erando, Cosío; Joaquín, Heredia; Dolores, Manuel Bernal; Juan Art direction: Valdez; Sandro Participation year at FICM: 2018
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 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
