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Focus Mexico

Focus Mexico

(Zaostřeno na Mexiko), Various / Various
Various, 103 min

This year, category Focused on introduces a representative from the American continent: Mexico. This country has long ceased to be regarded merely as an attractive setting for American films or an occasional source of exotic divas and desperados. It is a country that has recently produced film such as Love’s a Bitch, Duck Season or And Your Mother Too. A collection comprising of films from the period of last twelve years displays, apart form shorts featuring the stars-to-be Salma Hayek and Gael García Bernal, a glimpse of the latest Mexican production, the Student Oscar winner and the only Mexican winner from Cannes.

The Hero (El Héroe)
Systole - Diastole (Sístole - Diástole)
In the Mirror of the Sky (En el espejo del cielo)
The Eye on the Nape (El Ojo en la nuca)
The Cornfield (La Milpa)
The Other Room (El Otro Cuarto)