The Guanajuato International Film Festival presents the best of the seventh art directly in your city. Its Official Selection offers once again the opportunity to discover the world’s avant-garde...
The Guanajuato International Film Festival presents the best of the seventh art directly in your city. Its Official Selection offers once again the opportunity to discover the world’s avant-garde in cinematography first-hand and before anyone else.
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Official Selection Mexico 7
FILMS:
The little foxes
Noemí, mixe woman reflects on the loss of her native tongue with a voice that blends into day to day life in Cerro Costoche community located in the Mixe mountain rage of Oaxaca
Director: Ximena Guzmán,Balam Toscano
Duration: 6 min
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River of Toads
Documentary essay that follows the curandera Francisca Hernández, who belongs to a long family of midwives, hueseras and exorcists, who dedicate their lives to the healing of extensive communities in Veracruz, particularly in a ritual celebration dedicated to Death that occurs every year. The film explores magical-religious syncretism and transculturation in occult faith practices through a sensorial approach to nature and the echoes of mysticism that reside within it.
Director: Juan Carlos Núñez Chavarría
Duration: 76 min
