Talent is a good thing to find and is even better in bite-sized form. As part of the Celebrate Mexico Now festival, here is a chance to see the winners of the 2008 Morelia Film Festival in the short film section.
"A program of award winning shorts from the 2008 Morelia International Film Festival that was shown during ‘critic’s week’ at the Cannes Film Festival. Screening followed by Q&A;with filmmakers Karla Castañeda and David Pablos. All films in Spanish with English subtitles.
’La canción de los niños muertos’
[The Song Of The Dead Children]
(David Pablos, 2008, 38 minutes, fiction)
After their mother dies, five children and their father spend the summer in the cabin of a stranger.
’Jacinta’
(Karla Castañeda, 2008, 8 minutes, fiction)
When life becomes nothing more than memories, a solitary elderly woman decides to weave her own destiny.
’Roma’
(Elisa Miller, 2008, 25 minutes)
A train with hidden immigrants enters a soap factory. One of the travelers gets off the train, and finds help and solidarity in the factory.
’Zoogocho’
(Bernardo Arellano, 2008, 40 minutes)
The adventures of a group of Zapotecan kids who live in a remote orphanage in the mountains of Oaxaca." - Celebrate Mexico Now 2009
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