Open the Earth
Abrir la tierra
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NOMINATED - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
2020
Mexico
19 mins
Spanish
NYC Premiere
Documentary Film Competition
| Alejandro Zuno | |
| Jérémy Renaux | |
| Implied Violence |
On December 11, 2013, Víctor Álvarez Damián and other young men were arrested amid a joint security operation led by the local police of Veracruz, Mexico. Their whereabouts remains unknown to this day. Perla, Víctor’s mother, has been looking for him since then. Open the Earth portrays her painful and tireless fight to access to the truth and justice.
About the Director
Alejandro Zuno graduated from the Film School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He won the ARIEL-Mexican Academy Award for best fiction short film and many other prizes with his film Oasis. His first feature film Newborn will combine the topics he has addressed before: gender identity and sexual diversity.
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Awards
2020 Shorts Mexico – Best Documentary
2021 Literally Short Film Festival – Best Short Documentary
2021 ARIEL Mexican Academy Award – Best Short Documentary (nominee)
