Alma and Paz / Alma y Paz
Mexico-USA, 14', 2021
age recommendation: 9+
After the death of their mother, two sisters consider parting with their childhood home. For the older one, who has already left the house, it seems clearer. But for the younger one, the plantation in the Mexican countryside is full of memories.
Cris Gris
She is a Mexican filmmaker whose films have screened internationally in prestigious festivals, including Critics Week at Cannes. Her short San Miguel (2018) received the Spike Lee Film Production Fund, and was named an NBR student grant winner. Gris is a Film Independent Project Involve 2020 Fellow and a 2021 Sundance Institute Screenwriters, and Directors Lab Fellow. Cris Gris recently directed a few episodes of an HBO comedy series on trap music.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Cris Gris
- screenplay: Jeanette Lim
- cinematography: Andrew Yuyi Truong
- editing: Bowie Yue
- music: Daniel Whitworth
- sound: Daniel Whitworth
- cast: Elisa Garza T. Gonzalez, Cris Gris, Maria Isabel Garcia Mora
- producer: Carolina Tamez Rodriguez
- production company: Film Independent
- original language: Spanish
Filmography
- San Miguel (2018)
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