Relato familiar

Familiar Tale

Direction: Sumie García
Screenplay: Sumie García
Production company: Nomada
Production: Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, Lu...
Cinematography: Sumie García
Editing: Sumie García
Sound: Santiago de la Paz Nicolau
Music: Josué Collado
Duration: 00:20:52
Screening formats: Digital
Dialogues: Japanese, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Country: Mexico
Year: 2017
Foto Saeki is a deserted analogue photography goods store in the Santa Maria la Ribera neighborhood in Mexico City. Its owner, Yukio Saeki, arrived to Mexico in 1955. At 86 years old, he can still hear the echo of a hot Monday morning in Japan, as he walked across a field toward the ocean when he was 13 years old.

Festivals

Visions du Réel - Nyon International Film Festival | Switzerland, 2026
Premios Ariel - Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas | Mexico, 2026 Nominated for Best Documentary...
Dublin Docs | Ireland, 2026
Hot Docs Film Festival & Market | Canada, 2026
Guanajuato International Film Festival | Mexico, 2026
FICValdivia - Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia | Chile, 2026
Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema | Brazil, 2026
Ann Arbor Film Festival | United States, 2026
SHORTS MÉXICO - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México | Mexico, 2026 Best documentary
Canberra International Film Festival | Australia, 2026
Festival International de Cine de Morelia | Mexico, 2026 Best short documentary
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