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LA OSCURIDAD
A shortfilm by Jorge Sistos Moreno
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Marina, a former elementary school teacher, emerges badly bruised on the shore of a lake. After a lengthy track through the hot Mexican sun, she lands at the primary school where she once worked.
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México/USA | 13 minutes | 2020 | Color | DCP | Spanish (English Subtitles)
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Main Credits
Starring
Ixchel Flores Machorro
Cuauhtli Jiménez
Teresa Sanchez
Written and directed by Jorge Sistos Moreno
Produced by Martha Liñán, Drake Burnette and Jorge Sistos
Executive Producer Alejandro Bustos A. and Jorge Sistos M
Director of Photography Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Production Designer Elisa Adame
Sound Design Jorge Sistos | Hasan Ali
Music by Martin McNulty Crane
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Director’s statement
Darkness refers to what is not seen, what society does not want to know or see, in this case, the violence and hate crimes against women in México and Latin America.
The story of Marina started as an inspiration in my job as a video editor for AJ+ Spanish (Aljazeera), in México City. I was editing testimonials about victims of violence, mothers in despair for the loss of their daughters, disappeared people. This film comes from an emotional response to these stories.
However, I believe that the importance of these testimonials is to obtain justice, not to make fiction. Besides, it was not, nor is it my role as a man director / writer to try to tell the experience of a woman, much less that of a survivor. But as an artist I wanted to get out of me this need, to try to find something in the face of injustice, perhaps at least a little hope.
That is why I made rules for myself and my narrative. The first: not to show graphic violence, specifically from a man to a woman. Much less to make an actress go through such a process. The second: trying to raise my voice in third person. (Cinema, fiction, have this capacity). And finally: Say no to realism. Try to turn down the narrative that surrounds the Mexican myth and tragedy, that of a torn human condition. This is how this movie came about.
Luckily when I finished writing the script I got the opportunity to meet Ixchel Flores Machorro, who plays Marina. Ixchel's strength and vitality were present from the first moment. Together we rethink Marina's character and she embraced her, melting her personality and her own struggle, diving into the depths of the darkness.
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Tech Specs
Aspect Ratio: 1.66 | ARRI ALEXA | ARRI Ultra Prime | Dolby Surround 5.1.1
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Directors Biography
Jorge Sistos Moreno (1990), Morelia, Mexico. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Film Production at New York University, Tisch School Of The Arts. He is a fellow of the Mexican National Fund of Culture and Arts, of the National Council of Science and Technology and of the Jumex Contemporary Art Promotion. His work revolves around the mysticism of the Mexican province, the magical realism, the thriller and the horror genre.
He is currently pre-producing the short film IN FREEDOM, a thriller about an immigrant family residing in New Jersey. The executive producer of this work is the African-American cult director Spike Lee. Jorge is also writing a tv series with hints of fantasy and horror. A short film about the Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena and his first feature film. His work has been screened in Morelia, Curitiba, Mexico City, Cali, Tel Aviv and New York.
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Festivals and Awards
2021 Semaine de la critique, Cannes.
2021 Fantasia Film Festival, Cánada.
2021 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, USA - Winner, Best Short Film.
2021 Holly Shorts, USA.
2021 Feratum, México.
2021 Mórbido, México.
2021 Shorts Shorts México.
2020 Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia - Selección Nacional.
2020 Mórbido Fest - Selección Internacional.
2020 Festival del Puerto - Competencia Cortometraje.
2020 First Run Film Festival - WINNER, King Award for Screenwriting , Cinematography Craft Award.
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Press
BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Announces Its Awards For 2021
[Fantasia 2021] Short Films: KOREATOWN GHOST STORY / LA OSCURIDAD
Morelia Films at Cannes Critics’ Week Highlight Violence Against Women in Mexico
FICM: 9 MUST-WATCH FILMS OF THE MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020.
LA OSCURIDAD: One of the best surprises at FICM.
Jorge Sistos: narratives in deconstruction.
10 stories to enjoy at Morelia International Film Festival.
Horror short films! The best selection of shorts from Mórbido Fest 2020.
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Espejo Humeante Films
US +1 (201) 561 4303 | MX +52 1 (56) 2203 3670 | [email protected]
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