[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Official Selection Fiction
RÅ
Time: 18:00
Location: Auditorio de la Universidad de Guanajuato
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
Even though they are one of the oldest and most frequent characteristics of culture, rites of passage are scarce in most of our modern societies. Rå tells the story of how these symbolic transitions between childhood and adulthood always imply an encounter with our deepest nature through the story of Linn, a 16-year-old who attends his first moose hunt to confront nature in its most terrible state.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Special Screening Spotlight Country
1958
Time: 18:00
Location: Sala Euquerio Guerrero
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
With this risky film proposition, Silver-Cross honored filmmaker Ghassan Salhab makes it clear that conventions don’t fit into his style, betting on an individual narrative. The year in the title is relevant for the biography of the director as well as the history of Lebanon. For Salhab, it’s the year of his birth and for his country, the start of a crisis that would lead into years of a gruesome Civil War. In Ghassan Salhab’s films, surroundings and vital circumstances are crucial and this film shows a clear intersection between the personal and the historical.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Special Screening Kids in Action
BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS
Time: 12:00
Location: Cinemex Pozuelos
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
This documentary directed by Brian Adamkiewicz presents the story of Nat and Emilio: two boys from a very close community in the Mexican Pacific that seeks to give constructive answers to the negative rhetoric promoted after the latest Presidential election through their dedication to skateboarding.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Official Selection Guanajuato
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUANAJUATO
Time: 12:00
Location: Auditorio de la Universidad de Guanajuato
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez Mora
The image of the Virgin Mary that is venerated at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora in Guanajuato is the oldest Marian sculpture in the entire continent. Donated by the Spanish Crown in Colonial times, the celebration dedicated to this religious image brings all of Guanajuato together in May. This documentary directed by Laura Zacanini and Michael James Wright makes us part of this celebration that is invaluable in its cultural and identity value for the region.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]