Project type: Program 2023

Oct

2023

La rebelión de las flores

In the year 2019, women from various indigenous nations of Argentina peacefully occupy the Ministry of the Interior in Buenos Aires. There, they advocate for an end to violence in their home territories and emphasize the urgent need to restore reciprocity and solidarity between peoples and nature. Despite the indifference of the state and society, the film also highlights another, more solidary aspect of society.

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Argentina 2022
Maria Laura Vásquez
1:20:00 h
Spanish with English subtitles

Feature / Docu

Oct

2023

Tonalli

“Shadows are our companions; they grow alongside us, they change with us, we can inherit them just as our ancestors left us their names” – Nahua belief.

From her birth, Alma inherited her grandmother’s shadow, however, growing up she begins to feel distant from her roots. Until one day Alma looses her shadow…

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Mexico 2021
Julia Belen Granillo Tostado
08:00 min

Short / Animation / Student Project

Oct

2023

Mujer de tierra

In the Nahua community of Hueyapan, Puebla, the stories of a generation of women who have resolutely left social boundaries behind come to life. With their intricate embroidery, unyielding spirit, and deep self-awareness, they weave their destinies together to reinvent themselves and chart the course of their own history.

Content Alert: Experiences of domestic violence are addressed.

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Mexico 2021
Evelyn Mercedes Muñoz Marroquin
15:00 min
Spanish with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

Las joyas de la familia

Charito dedicated herself to recording each and every family celebration with her VHS camera. In those records, the family group seems to be happy and Charito’s mother seems to be the center of the parties. But the emotive images are completely different from the current reality, where a distant family avoids talking about the reasons of the breakdown.

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Chile 2021
Enzo Destefani Espinosa
25:00 min
Spanish with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

Do Quilombo pra Favela – Alimento para a Resistência Negra

In the Ribeira Valley in southeastern São Paulo, a cooperative of Quilombola farmers is coming together to combat the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. They developed an emergency plan to distribute organically grown food from their traditional farms to vulnerable communities in the Favelas.

Brazil 2022
Manoela Meyer, Roberto Almeida
22:37 min.
Portuguese with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

Vãnh gõ tõ Laklãnõ

An archaeologist, a poet, a preacher and a kujá, a teacher and a rap singer retrace the history of the Laklãnõ/Xokleng people, inhabitants of southern Brazil: the old times of the forest, the near-extinction, the rescue of the language and culture and the placement in the political spotlight.

Content Alert: Colonialist violence is thematized.

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Brazil 2022
Barbara Pettres, Flávia Person, Walderes Coctá Priprá
25:00 min
Portuguese with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

La Melodía Torrencial

A town plagued by a prolonged drought places its fate in the hands of a wandering musician whose accordion music possesses the mystical ability to summon rain.

Mexico 2022
José Luis Saturno
06:55 min
Spanish with English subtitles

Short / Animation

Oct

2023

De Panka

A candy wrap turned into a boat, it will survive adventures that lead it to create environmental awareness.

Ecuador 2021
Alejandro Espejo
03:38 min

Short / Animation / Student Project