The 2nd FotoFilm Tijuana Festival took place from 27 to 31 July 2018, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The official selection included 14 feature films, including the Ariel Award winner for Best Picture Sueño en Otro Idioma; 12 short films produced by the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) and two produced by the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC); and for the competition section, six short films were the candidates for the "Best of Show" award, sent to the festival through an open call for filmmakers posted on the FilmFreeway website; Emma or the Incoveniences of a Suicide by Mexican director Marlon Morales won the award.
Official selection Feature films English title Original title Director(s) Production country Avenida Bugambilia Paulina Casmur Mexico, New Zealand, United States Yesterday Wonder I Was Ayer Maravilla Fui Gabriel Mariño Mexico Help Me Make It Through the Night Ayúdame a Pasar la Noche José Ramón Chávez Delgado Mexico Esmeralda's Twilight Cría Puercos Ehécatl Garage Mexico The Night Guard El Vigilante Diego Ros Mexico No Dress Code Required Etiqueta No Rigurosa Cristina Herrera Bórquez Mexico Juan y Vanesa Ianis Guerrero Mexico The Eternal Feminine Los Adioses Natalia Beristáin Mexico The Blue Years Los Años Azules Sofía Gómez Córdova Mexico Revolver Mind Mente Revolver Alejandro Ramírez Corona Mexico Barbarous Mexico 2 México Bárbaro II Abraham Sánchez, Carlos Meléndez, Christian Cueva, Diego Cohen, Fernando Urdapilleta, Lex Ortega, Michelle Garza, Ricardo Farías, and Sergio Tello Mexico Drown Among the Dead Piérdete Entre los Muertos Rubén Gutiérrez Mexico I Dream in Another Language Sueño en Otro Idioma Ernesto Contreras Mexico, Netherlands Todos Los Viernes Son Santos Héctor Villanueva Mexico Source:
Short films Desde Mexico Also included as a part of the official selection of the festival was a section entitled "Desde Mexico", which included 10 short films produced by the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) and two produced by the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC). Both, Oasis, directed by Alejandro Zuno, and Cerulia, directed by Sofía Carrillo, won the Ariel Award in 2018.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Poliangular Alexandra Castellanos Mexico Cerulia Sofía Carrillo Mexico Last Station Última Estación Héctor Dávila Mexico The Garden of Delights El Jardín de las Delicias Alejandro Gracía Mexico The Aeronauts Los Aeronautas León Fernández Mexico Elena and the Shadows Elena y las Sombras César Cepeda Mexico Oasis Alejandro Zuno Mexico The Problem of Being a Binary Star El Problema de las Estrellas Binarias Juan H. Villar Mexico White Dust Polvo Blanco Silverio Palacio Mexico Rock Hours Horas Roca Sandra Reynoso Mexico The Last Romantic El Último Romántico Natalia García Agraz Mexico Golden Malibu Natalia Bermúdez Mexico
Jukebox Visual The competition for the "Best of Show" award, was divided into animated, documentary, fiction and music video fields, and as an incentive for filmmakers from the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, and Sonora a section entitled "Desde el Norte" ("From the North") was created. Six finalists were selected from all entries through the website Film Freeway. The Best of Show included a prize, equivalent to USD1,000, and was awarded to Emma or the Incoveniences of a Suicide by Mexican director Marlon Morales.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Dizygotic Twins Les jumeaux dizygotes Cassandre Émanuel Canada Enzo Serena Porcher-Carli France Blue Tomorrow Numan Ayaz Turkey Dreamt Little Eyes Ojitos Soñados Jossué Glezmed Mexico Gang de rang Road Gang Cassandre Émanuel Canada Emma or the Incoveniences of a Suicide Emma (o las inconveniencias de un suicidio) Marlon Morales Mexico
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