Shorts Programme 1: Documentary and Fiction
Fri 17 August 1pm
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Curated by the Mexican Film Institute IMCINE and The Morelia International Film Festival
The Erased / Los Tachados
2011 | Mexico | Video | Colour | 27 min.
Roberto tries to interview his grandmother about the family secret. There are two members in the family who no one is allowed to talk about and all their photos have been crossed out.
DIRECTOR Roberto Duarte
SCREENPLAY Roberto Duarte
PRODUCER Julia Gebauer
PRODUCTION COMPANY Way Creative
MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO 2011)
HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN, 2012)
Distinguishing Features / Señas particulares
2007 | Mexico | 35mm | Colour | 11:35 min.
Ramona loses her tranquility when her son Osvaldo disappears. And so, she begins a search that leads her to the coroner, and to the acceptance of the possibility that he has died. Finally, she concludes that her son is alive.
DIRECTOR Kenya Márquez
SCREENPLAY Alfonso Suárez, Kenya Márquez
PRODUCERS Kenya Márquez,
Sugey González, Karla Uribe
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Cine Fusión de la Dirección de Producción Audiovisual (U.de G.), Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (U. de G.), with the support of FONCA and the State Council for Culture and the Arts (Jalisco)
CAST Ana Ofelia Murguía, Damián Alcázar, Eduardo España, Álvaro Guerrero, Eduardo Villalpando
The Gold Mine / La mina de oro
2010 | Mexico | 35mm | Colour | 11 min.
At fifty something Betina finds love over the internet. She leaves her monotonous life behind to go and meet her virtual fiancé on the other side of the country.
DIRECTOR Jacques Bonnavent
SCREENPLAY Jacques Bonnavent
PRODUCERS Hilda Soriano,
Ana Graciela Ugalde
PRODUCTION COMPANY Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
CAST Paloma Woolrich, Alfonso Dosal, Cristina Michaus
BEST MEXICAN SHORT FILM, MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO, 2010)
Mrs. Bird / Señora Pájaro
2009 | Mexico | 35mm | Colour | 12 min.
Lara, an ill little girl who sees life pass from her balcony, sees Sole on the oposite balcony, a woman who doesn’t want to live. Both establish a long-distance relationship based on silences and gazes.
DIRECTOR Véronique Decroux
SCREENPLAY Véronique Decroux
PRODUCER CCC
PRODUCTION COMPANY CCC
CAST Arcelia Ramírez, Fernanda Banquells, Millet Gómez
BEST MEXICAN SHORT FILM, MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO, 2009)
The Second Bakery Attack
2010 | Mexico, USA | 35mm | Colour | 9 min.
Nat and Dan are recently married, but they just had their first fight. An overwhelming hunger keeps them both awake one night. What can they do to quell their hunger and save their marriage?
DIRECTOR Carlos Cuarón
SCREENPLAY Carlos Cuarón
PRODUCER Lucas Akoskin
PRODUCTION COMPANY
SurDream Productions
CAST Kirsten Dunst, Brian Geraghty,
Lucas Akoskin, Sherry Gordon
MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO,2010)
ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2010)
The Shock Doctrine
2007 | Canada | Video | Color | 6 min.
A historical essay demonstrating that the free market system we live in isn’t the result of the democratic process but imposed on society during shock moments.
DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
SCREENPLAY Alfonso Cuarón
PRODUCER Alfonso Cuarón
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Renegade Pictures
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY, 2007)
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA, 2007)
Victory Electrique / La curiosa conquista del ampere
2008 | Mexico | 35mm | Color | 12:17 min
The fantastic story of young Chincoya, who accidentally loses his life working as an electrician for the Federal Electrical Commission. The extraordinary part comes when the same electrical discharge that kills him is stored in his body as if it was a battery, giving him a few more days “alive.”
DIRECTOR Ramón Orozco Stoltenberg
SCREENPLAY Ramón Orozco Stoltenberg
PRODUCER Elsa Reyes
PRODUCTION COMPANY Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
CAST Alfredo Herrera, Enoc Leaño,
Gina Morett, Justo Martínez, Sonia Couoh, Pilar Padilla, Iñaki Goci
Watching it Rain / Ver Llover
2006 | Mexico | Video | Color | 13 min.
The story of two teenagers, Jonás and Sofía, who live in a small Mexican town. Sofía wants to leave, and Jonás must decide if he stays or goes with her.
DIRECTOR Elisa Miller Encinas
SCREENPLAY Elisa Miller Encinas
PRODUCERS Inti Aldasor,
Ángeles Castro Gurría
PRODUCTION COMPANY Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
CAST Diego Cataño, Sofía Espinosa,
Claudia Ríos
PALM D’OR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (FRANCE, 2007)
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*All films presented in original version with English subtitles
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