Winners of the 2008 Morelia International Film Festival
Friday , September 11 , 7:00 pm

A program of award winning shorts from the 2008 Morelia International Film Festival that was shown during ‘critic’s week’ at the Cannes Film Festival. Screening followed by Q&A;, moderated by Lucila Moctezuma;with filmmakers Karla Castañeda and David Pablos. All films in Spanish with English subtitles.

'La canción de los niños muertos'
[The Song Of The Dead Children]
(David Pablos, 2008, 38 minutes, fiction)
After their mother dies, five children and their father spend the summer in the cabin of a stranger.

'Jacinta'
(Karla Castañeda, 2008, 8 minutes, fiction)
When life becomes nothing more than memories, a solitary elderly woman decides to weave her own destiny.

'Roma'
(Elisa Miller, 2008, 25 minutes)
A train with hidden immigrants enters a soap factory. One of the travelers gets off the train, and finds help and solidarity in the factory.

'Zoogocho'
(Bernardo Arellano, 2008, 40 minutes)
The adventures of a group of Zapotecan kids who live in a remote orphanage in the mountains of Oaxaca.