cinemaztlan | Short films

Short films 'Dystopia'

Friday 21 September
21.30 hrs, De Balie, total running time: 103'

This theme block gives a glimpse to some controversial aspects of the current political life in the country that still generate mounting debate among society.

	Al final del surco At the end of the furrow Miguel Salgado, 2006, 10' MoisÈs and his son Antonio are countrymen. The day they are on the road to sell their maize to save the harvest, turned out to be one of the most regrettable episodes of rural Mexico: The Aguas Blancas Slaughther.
	El Charro misterioso Mystery Charro JosÈ Manuel Cravioto, 2005, 15' Short documentary about the most feared and sought-after Mexican public enemy, Galeana: an engineer and criminal, who was too clever for everyone and (until recently) kept managing to escape from prison. In addition, he was beloved of many as a singer of popular Mexican rancheros.
	Relatos desde el encierro Tales from the inside Guadalupe Miranda, 2005, 78' The women imprisoned in The Federal Jail of Puente Grande, Jalisco, offer testimony of their life and tell us about the emotional experience derived from their confinement. Speaking from their own intimacy, they reflect upon human condition, survival and the concept of freedom.