Fri 28 June 2024
Beursschouwburg — Cinema — 16:00
Cuórum Morelia in Mexico is an independent film space of sexual and gender diversity that strives to make visible those works that promote equality and strengthen social inclusion, through an experience that is complemented by reflection panels and artistic training activities.
For Homografía, we have given a Carte Blanche to the collective to make a selection of bold representative video works from Mexico, but also Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica, screened in a loop in the exquisite little Cinema that will be open from 16.00 till 22.00.
Martín Dávalos
Canción para los ángeles / Song for Angels — Mexico — 2023 — 2:18'
Experimental short film made from fragments of the family film archive in 8 mm. Song for Angels explores the feeling of memory with the diaries of queer artist David Wojnarowicz, whose work was deeply related to issues of social justice, homosexuality, and AIDS.
Agustín Montangie
ACMÉ / Acmé: Two Stories, Two Bodies. An Intimacy — Argentina — 2023 — 16:43'
Acmé is a poignant documentary short film that delves into the lives of two individuals living with HIV in Argentina’s remote Patagonian region. The film grants viewers intimate access to their daily routines, professions, and the breathtaking landscapes that surround them. Through reflective voiceovers, the characters share their personal experiences with the virus and the unique socio-cultural challenges they face within the region. Acmé transcends a simple portrayal of daily life, offering a profound exploration of resilience and the fight for normalcy amidst geographical and societal limitations.
Daniel Mateo Vallejo
Vienen las grietas / Cracks Will Come — Colombia / Netherlands — 2022 — 18:09'
Audiovisual and Multimedia Communicator from University of Antioquia and co-founder of Cinespécimen collective where he works as director, writer, producer and distributor. In 2021 he was invited to Locarno Industry Academy Panamá thanks to his low budget short films distribution project. In 2022 he finishes and distributes his second professional fiction short film Vienen las grietas (Cracks Will Come) that has its International Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 and wins Best Performance and Best Sound Design Awards at 20° Bogoshorts Film Festival. It’s also selected as part of the 37° editions of Fribourg International Film Festival and BFI Flare.
Jaime Carmona
30 Agujas (Una carta al pasado) / 30 Needles (A Letter to the Past) — Cuba — 2023 — 5:20'
30 Needles (A Letter to the Past) is a deeply personal documentary that chronicles a transmasculine person’s first year of testosterone therapy. This intimate journey weaves together self-reflection, footage of the hormone injections (“needles”), and a powerful “letter to the past” addressing the person they once were. The film explores the challenges and triumphs of hormonal transition, offering a glimpse into a transformative experience often unseen.
trigger warning
This video contains body needling
Río
Ideología de género: desmontando el plan eterno de Di(x)s / Gender Ideology: Dismantling the Eternal Plan of G*d — Mexico — 2023 — 16:40'
As part of the Akãhatã project “From the Paper to the Screen,” Gender Ideology: Dismantling Gxd’s Eternal Plan is a documentary essay based on articles by Sara Isabel Pérez, Germán Torres, Juan Marco Vaggione, and Daniela Pabón. It explores how conservative powers use fear politics to introduce “gender ideology” into everyday discourse, labeling women’s rights groups, feminist movements, and the LGBTIQ+ community as threats to society. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the lives challenging these narratives.
Pedro Lavín
La pequeña muerte — Mexico, USA — 2023 — 7'
In this visual poem set in contemporary Mexico, two lovers share an afternoon of passion as an ancient deity from their dreams performs an orgiastic dance that mirrors their ecstasy. The spirit visitor, known only as the Little Death, leads the couple on an oneiric journey of transformation and rapture. Heralded by strange, symbolic visions the trio come to an ecstatic climax; as the walls between reality
and fantasy collapse. Like orgasm itself, the spirit’s ritual ends where it began in an infinite cycle of love, life and death. Told through magical realism and Mexican mythology, the film represents a homecoming for filmmaker Pedro Lavín who, with La Pequeña Muerte, returns to his roots to tell a story that is uniquely queer, and singularly Mexican.
