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Special Programmes - Mexican Showcase

Total Running Time: 113
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Saturday, January 15, 2005
Show time: 6:45 pm

SIN SUPPORT (NO SUPPORT)
Running Time: 5
Year: 1998
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

SIN SUPPORT (NO SUPPORT)

Synopsis:
In a hostile city, an insignificant man decided to take his own life. During his fall into the void, he is rescued and seduced by the superfluous charms of the world of publicity.

Director:
Antonio Urrutia
Director/Producer:
Rene Castillo

FROM MESSMER WITH LOVE OR TEA FOR TWO
Running Time: 9
Year: 2002
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

FROM MESSMER WITH LOVE OR TEA FOR TWO

Synopsis:
Alberto resorts to disturbing and extravagant practises to break his lonliness and fulfil his desires.

Award icon Winner of the Grand Prix Best Short, Cannes Film Festival 02.

Festivals:
Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 03.

Director:
Salvador Aguirre
Producer:
Grazia Rade

SYSTOLE A DIASTOLE(SWEET RELEASE)
Running Time: 22
Year: 1998
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

SYSTOLE A DIASTOLE(SWEET RELEASE)

Synopsis:
The secret loves of the members of a large family( including Salma Hayek as a confused nun), are revealed during a boat ride through a floating garden.

Writer:
Alfonso Cuaron
Director/Writer:
Carlos Cuaron

LA PARTIDA( DEPARTURE)
Running Time: 11
Year: 2003
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

LA PARTIDA( DEPARTURE)

Synopsis:
Old and deaf, Catita lives in a strange world of silence, buzzing and cracking. Her destiny changes when she is told that UFO's from outer space have been discovered flying through the city skies.

Director:
Gerardo Tort

LOS ZAPATOS DE ZAPATA( ZAPATA'S SHOES)
Running Time: 27
Year: 2000
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

LOS ZAPATOS DE ZAPATA( ZAPATA'S SHOES)

Synopsis:
A poetic history of the Mexican revolutionary Zapata, told through an amalgam of images, oral history and historiography. A stunning tribute to the legendary figure.

Director:
Luciano Larobina
Producer:
Angeles Castro, Gustavo Monteil

DE TRIPAS, CORAZON ( GUTS AND HEART)
Running Time: 18
Year: 1995
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

DE TRIPAS, CORAZON ( GUTS AND HEART)

Synopsis:
Three young men make plans to lose their virginity to the young comely young ladies in their village. Featuring Gael Garcia Bernal, who later starred in "Y Tu Mama Tambien".

Director:
Antonio Urrutia
Producer:
Bertha Navarro, Alejandro Springall

EN ESPEJO DEL CIELO( IN THE MIRROR OF THE SKY)
Running Time: 10
Year: 1997
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

EN ESPEJO DEL CIELO( IN THE MIRROR OF THE SKY)

Synopsis:
Luis, a peasant boy, fantasises about catching an airplane reflected in the water that collects around the cornfield. After several attempts, which his mother opposes, he manages to catch it in a wooden box.

Producer:
Gabriel Beristain, Blanca Montoya
Director/Producer:
Carlos Salces

HASTA LOS HUESOS( DOWN TO THE BONE)
Running Time: 11
Year: 2001
Format: Video
Country: Mexico

HASTA LOS HUESOS( DOWN TO THE BONE)

Synopsis:
This is the story of a man and his arrival in the land of the dead, where he is greeted by a worm, smiling skulls,and the Catrina (Posada's famous fancy skeleton). Gradually our character discovers that barring some inconveniences , being dead is not so bad.

Producer:
Alejandra Guevara
Director/Producer:
Rene Castillo