MOM
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.
Audience Award for Best Documentary (XXXV Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, France)
Valdevy Award for Best Documentary (XXVII Festival Les Écrans Documentaires, Paris, France)
Lessinia d’Argento for the Best Feature-lenght Film (XXIX Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy)
Special Jury Award FEISAL (XXXVII Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico)
FEISAL Award (XV Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature (IV MICMX International Film Festival (Mexico city)
Honorable Mention of the Young Jury (VI Black Canvas – Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico City)
Honorable Mention, Documentary Feature Film (XV Festival Zanate, Colima, Mexico)
XXXIX Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (Toronto, Canada)
XXXVII Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico)
XX Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada)
XVII Ambulante cine documental itinerante (Mexico)
VI Black Canvas – Contemporary Film Festival (Mexico)
XX Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico)
XXXV Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville, USA)
IV Festival del Nuevo Cine Mexicano de Durango (Mexico)
XV Festival Zanate (Colima, Mexico)
X FICD Festival Internacional de Cine en el Desierto (Sonora, Mexico)
XXII Docpoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland)
VII Libre Cinema Festival (Merida, Mexico)
XV Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
II Festival de Cine Latinoamericano en Barcelona (Spain)
XXXV Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (France)
XII FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Mexico)
XVII Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna (Austria)
XLII Jean Rouch International Film Festival (Paris, France)
XLIX Seattle International Film Festival (USA)
XIII LASA Latin American Studies Association Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada)
XII Muestra Ecofalante de Cine (São Paulo, Brazil)
XII Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (USA)
XXXVII Pärnu International Documentary And Anthropology Film Festival Estonia (Estonia)
XII Aegean Film Festival (Greece)
XXXIII Montreal First Peoples / Présence Autochtone (Montreal, Canada)
XXII ImagineIndia International Film Festival (Madrid, Spain)
XXIX Film Festival della Lessinia (Italy, 2023)
XV Hola Mexico Film Festival (Los Angeles, United Sates)
IX Stockholm Latin American Film Festival - Panoramica (Sweden)
XXIX CinEco - Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival (Seia, Portugal)
XX Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan)
XV Seattle Latino Film Festival (USA)
XXIII imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto, Canada)
XXI Latinamerika i Fokus (Malmö, Sweden)
XVI festival del cine español y latinoamericano de Roma (Italy)
XXXIV New Orleans Film Festival (USA)
XXXV Festival de Cine de Girona (Spain)
VIII FIC Wallmapu (Ciudad de Temuco, Chile)
XXVII Festival Les Écrans Documentaires (Paris, France)
XXVI Ícaro - Festival Internacional De Cine (Guatemala City, Guatemala)