MOM

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Duration: 01:19:55
Languaje: Other, Spanish
Category: Documentary
Project Type: Documentary
Synopsis: As a Mexican Tzotzil I grew up between the sacrality both of Guadalupe Virgin and Mother Earth. As a son, I grew up among the derision of not having a father and blaming my mother for it. “Mom” is a dialogue between mother and son exploring their contradictions, knowing and recognizing each other, and reflecting on naturalized violence and its reproduction.

Screenings / Awards:
XXIX Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto May 4, 2022 World Premiere Official Selection, World Showcase programme Canada XXXVII Guadalajara International Film Festival Guadalajara June 16, 2022 Mexican Premiere AWARD: Special Jury Award FEISAL for feature film Mexico XX Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Vancouver August 25, 2022 New Directors Competition Canada XVII Ambulante Film Festival September 1, 2022 Official Selection, Pulsos Mexico VI Black Canvas – Contemporary Film Festival Mexico city September 30, 2022 AWARD: Honorable Mention of the Young Jury Mexico XXXV Virginia Film Festival Charlottesville October 21, 2022 Official selection United States XX Morelia International Film Festival Morelia October 22, 2022 Official Selection, Documentary Feature Film competition Mexico IV Festival del Nuevo Cine Mexicano de Durango Durango November 3, 2022 Official Selection Mexico XXXV International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam- IDFA Amsterdam November 11, 2022 European Premiere Official selection, Luminous, nominated for the IDFA Best First Feature Netherlands XV Festival Zanate Colima November 21, 2022 AWARD: Honorable Mention, Documentary Feature Film competition Mexico X FICD Festival Internacional de Cine en el Desierto Hermosillo, Sonora November 25, 2022 Official Selection Mexico VII Libre Cinema Festival Merida December 14, 2022 Official Selection Mexico XV Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo Santo Domingo January 25, 2023 Caribbean Premiere Award for Best Documentary Debut Film “Fernando Báez” + FEISAL Award Dominican Republic XXII Docpoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Helsinki February 3, 2023 Scandinavian premiere Official Selection Finland IV MICMX International Film Festival Mexico city February 17, 2023 Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature Mexico II Festival de Cine Latinoamericano en Barcelona Barcelona March 18, 2023 Spanish Premiere Official Selection Spain XXXV Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse Toulouse March 27, 2023 French Premiere Audience Award for Best Documentary France XII FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen Pachuca April 20, 2023 Official selection Mexico XVII Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna Vienna May 4, 2023 Excellent Visual Anthropology Award Austria XLII Jean Rouch International Film Festival Paris May 5, 2023 Official selection in competition France XIII LASA Latin American Studies Association Film Festival Vancouver May 24, 2023 LASA AWARD OF MERIT IN FILM Canada 49th Seattle International Film Festival SIFF Seattle May 18, 2023 Official selection, Ibero-American Competition United States XII Muestra Ecofalante de Cine São Paulo June 1, 2023 Official selection Brazil XII Philadelphia Latino Film Festival Philadelphia July 2, 2023 AWARD: Honorable Mention of the Lola Award for Best Feature Film United States XXXVII Pärnu International Documentary And Anthropology Film Festival Estonia Pärnu July 3, 2023 Official selection in competition Estonia XII Aegean Film Festival island of Patmos July 21, 2023 Official selection in competition Greece XXXIII Montreal First Peoples / Présence Autochtone Montreal August 14, 2023 Official selection in competition Canada XXIX Film Festival della Lessinia Bosco Chiesanuova August 25, 2023 Silver Lessinia for Best Film Italy XXII ImagineIndia International Film Festival Madrid September 3, 2023 Official selection in competition Spain XV Hola Mexico Film Festival Los Angeles September 30, 2023 Official selection in competition United States IX Stockholm Latin American Film Festival - Panoramica Stockholm October 2, 2023 Official selection Sweden XXIX CinEco - Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival Seia October 5, 2023 Official selection in competition Portugal XX Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival Taipei October 5, 2023 Official selection in competition Taiwan XV Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle October 6, 2023 Official selection in competition United States XXIII imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Toronto October 17, 2023 Best Documentary Feature Film Canada XXI Latinamerika i Fokus Malmö October 27, 2023 Official selection Sweden XVI festival del cine español y latinoamericano de Roma Roma November 5, 2023 IILA-Cinema Award to Best Documentary Feature Film Italy XXXIV New Orleans Film Festival New Orleans November 6, 2023 Official selection in competition United States XXXV Festival de Cine de Girona Girona November 7, 2023 Official selection in competition Spain VIII Ficwallmapu ciudad de Temuco November 14, 2023 Official selection in competition Chile XXVII Festival Les Écrans Documentaires Paris November 19, 2023 Official selection in competition France XII International Anthropological Film Festival Jerusalem November 21, 2023 Official selection Israel XXVI Ícaro: Festival Internacional De Cine Guatemala City November 24, 2023 Official selection in competition Guatemala

Submitter Biography:
Xun Sero was born in 1988 in Chiapas, Mexico. He built his experience in the workshops of “Ambulante Más Allá” and “CCC con Patas”, and in the Documentary Film School of San Cristóbal de las Casas. He currently works as cinematographer in documentary film productions: his most recent works are "Negra" by Medhin Tewolde and "Kuxlejal/Vida" by Elke Franke. He’s strongly interested in stories of life struggles. Most of his stories are about the essence of indigenous people. He tries to develop the real cultural heritage of the characters and avoid clichés about indigenous person. “Mom” is his first film as a director.