Free screenings of highlights from the Morelia International Film Festival:
Yo Soy Ayotzinapa (I Am Ayotzinapa), USA/Estonia/Mexico (short)
In San Francisco, California, a group of Latin American artists collaborate on an exhibition to raise awareness about the 43 missing Mexican students from Ayotzinapa.
Atl Tlachinolli (Scorched Water), Mexico
Searching for the unique axolotl, a salamander endemic to three lakes once found in the Valley of Mexico, Atl Tlachinolli is an essayistic inquiry into survival and adaptation, casting its gaze on what remains.
ATL TLACHINOLLI / SCORCHED WATER
México, 2015 / DCP, Color - b&n / Documental, 76:20 min.
Dirección / Director: Alexander Hick
Producción / Producer: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A. C. and University of Television and Film Munich
Producción Ejecutiva / Executive Production: Flipping the coin Films
Guión / Screenplay: Alexander Hick
Texto de narración / Text for voice over: Ileana Villareal / Alexander Hick
Fotografía / Cinematography: Alexander Hick
Edición / Editing: Julián Sarmiento
Narrador / Narrator: Matthias Hirth
Sonido / Sound: Luis Palomino, Evan Lamahag, Anna Lozano, Jola Woyzeck, Albert Bataller, Patricia Gil Sanz, Augusto Ruiz Bravo, Ángel Franco
Diseño de Sonido / Sound Design: Iván Ramos, Berthold Kröker
Música / Music: Juan Pablo Villa
Compañía productora / Production Company: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. and University of Television and Film Munich
Reparto / Cast: Roberto Altamirano Hernandez, Dona Raquel González Sánchez, José Luis Aries Castillo, Dolores Benitez, Germin Arias Benitez, Luis Arturo Arias Benitez, Mateo Aguilar Dionisio, Juan del Monte Altamirano, Luis Fernando del Monte Zavala, Julio David Chávez Altamirano, René Camacho Arellano, Mario Zárate Valderrama, Juan Carlos Coloaba Morales, Frances Coloaba Valverde, Juan Carlos Gonzáles Sánchez, Gamaliel del Monte Zavala, Carlos Alberto Osorio Peñaloza, Moisés Martínez Sánchez, Jesús y su familia, Neza Arte Nel, David y Lupus
Sinopsis / Synopsis:
En la búsqueda del Axolotl, una salamandra endémica de los antiguos lagos del Valle de México, Atl Tlachinolli es un ensayo sobre supervivencia y adaptación, una mirada insólita a lo que perdura.
Searching for the unique Axolotl, a endemic salamander that used to live in the former lake of Mexico, Atl Tlachinolli is an essayistic inquiry into survival and adaptation, the film casts its gaze on that which remains.
Los Angeles: Sept. 11. Details here.