Gira

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Synopsis Filmed mostly with drones, this short film shows what happened before, during and after the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico City in September 19, 2017. Through sound recordings of the rescue operations, accounts from survivors and journalistic chronicles, this film reflects the uncertainty and bewilderment caused by the quake.   Biography Santiago Arau Pontones […]

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Aquí/Ahora

Synopsis La flor de la vida is a fairy tale facing reality—a universal story about falling in and out of love depicting couple relationships and the challenges of growing old.   Biography Claudia Abend and Adriana Loeff are documentarians who live in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2008 Abend and Loeff released their first feature as directors, Hit—which was […]

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Educación

SYNOPSIS Frederick Wiseman’s 42nd documentary focuses on one of the largest institutions of knowledge in the world: the New York City Public Library, a place of cultural exchange, intellectual creativity and a sense of acceptance.   BIOGRAPHY Frederick Wiseman (Boston, 1930) is a revered film director whose work stands out for its particular way of […]

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

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Archivos

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Sinopsis El segundo de los dos proyectos fílmicos realizados con el colectivo MétroBarbèsRochechou Art. Mediante el uso de retratos, juegos de sombras […]

Grappe d'yeux

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Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Sinopsis Retrato de Michel Nedjar, el entonces compañero de Teo Hernández, en su paso por algunas ciudades de Marruecos como Tánger, Esauira, […]

Michel là-bas

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Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Sinopsis Premonición del caos urbano desde las imágenes, una contralectura de lo pintoresco y una visión rabiosamente cosmopolita de la urbe.   […]

Au Mexique

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Biográfico

SYNOPSIS In 2010, the Mexican government announced the death of two alleged criminals, armed to the teeth. They turned out to be two honor students from the Tec de Monterrey University, who were tortured and arrested by the military.   BIOGRAPHY Alberto Arnaut studied Social Communication at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, where he specialized in […]

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Conflictos sociales

Antes de que el río Santiago fuera contaminado, a la cascada El Salto de Juanacatlán se le conocía como “el Niágara mexicano”. Hoy, una familia lucha, entre las ruinas tóxicas, por su supervivencia.

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Conflictos sociales

Synopsis Portray of consumerism culture, where squandering and vanity have become the main focus. A photographic journey, but also a memory and historic essay, this film reflects the fall of the world economy and the harmful effects of a narcissistic and greedy capitalism.   Biography Lauren Greenfield is an Emmy-award-winning photographer and filmmaker. She addresses […]

Generation Wealth

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Aquí/Ahora

Sinopsis Integrada por auténticos momentos de intimidad, muestra la vida de Daniel y Quincy, dos adultos jóvenes afroamericanos y sus familiares en el condado de Hale, en Alabama; una innovación cinematográfica que quiebra el marco racista con que suele retratarse a los hombres afroamericanos en el cine.     Semblanza RaMell Ross estudió Inglés y […]

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

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Por ahí del 68...

Synopsis On July 30, 1968, Jacobo Zabludovsky interviewed Federal Prosecutor Julio Sánchez Vargas; Interior Secretary Luis Echeverría; Attorney General Gilberto Suárez Torres, and Head of the Federal District Department Alfonso Corona del Rosal. In the conversation, they broach the students issue, who they blame for disturbances during the protests, justifying then the military presence to maintain […]

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Por ahí del 68...

Synopsis Two Visual Arts students of the San Carlos Academy find themselves embroiled in contradictions, spiritual inclinations and concerns about the political and social conditions of Mexico, which puts them in a quandary about what stance to take in the Student Movement of 1968.   Biography David Celestinos was a muralist, filmmaker and cultural promoter […]

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Por ahí del 68...

Synopsis At the the XIX Olympic Summer Games, actress Dolores del Río presents Mexico City as the emblematic city of the future in the 70s.   Semblanza Bud Townsend was an American actor and director.   [[proyecciones]]

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Por ahí del 68...

Synopsis This film shows the different aspects of graphic design during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico: books, posters, tickets, brochures, illustrations, photographs, sculptures, clothing, home utensils and other elements that give us an outlook to the trends of that time.   BIOGRAPHY Giovanni Korporaal was a director, editor and screenwriter born in Italy in […]

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Por ahí del 68...

Synopsis It shows what Mexicans usually do on a Sunday. This film was part of the campaign to design the image of Mexico as host of the XIX Olympic Summer Games, and it was a production of the Filmmaking Commission of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games. Semblanza Manuel Michel was a Mexican director, documentary […]

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Gira

SYNOPSIS A polyphonic documentary on retired women from Spain, Argentina and Uruguay who visit the movie theatre every day; and of how fiction gets weaved into their daily lives, leaving traces in their memory.   BIOGRAPHY María Álvarez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a writer and a director. Her play Burn Before […]

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