[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Official Selection Mexico
AMÉRICA
Time: 18:00
Location: Centro Cultural “El Nigromante” – Bellas Artes
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
Diego works in all-inclusive hotels in the Southeast Coast of Mexico until his grandmother, América, gets in an accident and he must go back to his family to get over the crisis and the obstacles that the judicial system which is stripped of all authority. This documentary was directed by Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll, creators of the online political series New Left Media, which documents the progressive and conservative movements in the US during the Obama administration, which takes a real-life situation and weaves a web of meanings between the people we see on the screen and a critical political comment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Official Selection Mexico
YA ME VOY
Time: 20:00
Location: Cinemex La Luciérnaga
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
After many years of living in Brooklyn working three shifts, collecting bottle on the streets and sending the bulk of his earnings to Mexico, Felipe decides to return to the family he hasn’t seen in nearly two decades. When he informs them of his return he finds out they have thrown away his money, they are in debt and they don’t want him back. Directed by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, this feature documentary reflects on migration and the phenomenon it brings: the identity crisis, the nature of the job and the families that remain.[/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 Showing
NO SUCUMBIÓ LA ETERNIDAD
Time: 12:00
Location: Centro Cultural “El Nigromante” – Bellas Artes
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
This documentary directed by awarded Mexican filmmaker, journalist and writer Daniela Rea, deals with the terrible reality of forced disappearances in Mexico. Beyond the statistics, this film puts this terrible tragedy into personal focus, through Liliana and Alicia, two women whose lives have been marked by the forced disappearance of their loved ones. The mother of one of them and the others’ significant other. The film reflects upon the direct consequences of one of the most gruesome forms of violence in our country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Special Showing Lebanon
A CERTAIN NASSER
Time: 14:00
Location: Cinemex La Luciérnaga
By: Juan Ramón Velázquez
Each country’s cinema has its pioneers, heroes and founders. This 2017 film examines one of the most essential figures of Lebanese cinema, GIFF’s Spotlight Country this year. Directed by Antoine Waked and Badih Massaad, A Certain Nasser portrays the fascinating voyage of 90-year-old filmmaker Georges Nasser, an idealist who could never adapt to his country’s failed system, but whose eyes still sparkle when he hears of his great love: cinema.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
