CH'UL BE, SACRED PATH

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Duration: 01:10:28
Languaje: Other, Spanish
Category: Documentary
Project Type: Documentary, Feature
Synopsis: "Ch'ul be" delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the cycle of life in community. In San Andres Larrainzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. ''Ch'ul be'' is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the divine, from the individual to the collective, to ensure that knowledge is not lost and the cycle is not broken.

Screenings / Awards:
XXXVIII Guadalajara International Film Festival Guadalajara June 4, 2023 World Premiere Official selection in competition for Mezcal Award Mexico XVIII DocsMX Documentary International Film Festival of Mexico City Mexico city October 20, 2023 Official selection in competition Mexico XXI Morelia International Film Festival Morelia October 22, 2023 Official selection in competition Mexico XXXVI International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA Amsterdam November 14, 2023 International Premiere Luminous section, Best First Feature Award Nomination Netherlands XVI Festival Zanate Colima November 21, 2023 Official selection in competition Mexico VIII Libre Cinema Festival Mérida November 30, 2023 Official selection Mexico XIX Ambulante Film Festival Mexico City, Veracruz, Michoacán, Querétaro April 10, 2024 Official selection Mexico XII Doqumenta Festival Internacional de Cine y Narrativas de No Ficción Querétaro August 9, 2024 Official Selection in competition Mexico VIII RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards Regina, Saskatchewan August 24, 2024 Canadian Premiere Official Selection in competition Canada XIII Encuentro Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces Mexico City September 20, 2024 Official Selection in competition Mexico XX PROVINZIALE - Filmfest Eberswalde Eberswalde, Brandenburg October 17, 2024 German Premiere Official Selection in competition Germany XXXV New Orleans Film Festival New Orleans October 20, 2024 Official Selection in competition United States XXX WOMEX Film Programme Manchester October 23, 2024 United Kingdom Premiere Official Selection United Kingdom XXVI Muestra Internacional Documental De Bogotá - MIDBO Bogotá October 29, 2024 Iberoamerican Premiere Official Selection Colombia III Muestra Internacional de Cine en Ensenada Ensenada November 22, 2024 Official Selection Mexico XI Festival Les Bobines du Sacré Lyon February 12, 2025 Official Selection France XIX RAI FILM FESTIVAL Bristol June 11, 2025 Official Selection in competition United Kingdom VIII NAIFF-Nepal America International Film Festival Greenbelt, Maryland June 28, 2025 Official Selection in competition United States XIX Muestra Cine+Video Indígena Santiago July 21, 2025 Official Selection Chile IV Anthropological Film Festival, “Miradas Sin Tiempo” Competition, National Institute of Anthropology and History Mexico City September 20, 2025 AWARD WINNER: Silver Deer Award for Best Medium-Length Documentary Mexico XXXVII Girona Film Festival Girona November 4, 2025 Official Selection in Competition Spain

Submitter Biography:
Humberto Gómez Pérez (1988, San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, Mexico). A speaker of Tsotsil Maya, Humberto studied intercultural communication and supplemented his training through different workshops and courses in writing, technical narratives, literary and audiovisual creation and film. He has focused on the development of works and proposals in Tsotsil. Within the framework of the Documentary Film School of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, he made the short film ''J'vobtik, our music'' and finished developing ''Ch'ul be, sacred path'', his first documentary feature film.