Xavi Sala | Mexico | 2018 | color | DCP | 119′ | Zapotec, Spanish | e.s.
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Xquipi’ Guie’dani is the feature debut by director, screenwriter and producer Xavi Sala. After an award-winning and successful career in short films, the filmmaker tells the story of Guie’dani, a young, indigenous Zapotec (Sótera Cruz) and her mother Lidia (Érika López), who move from their Oaxacan village to take up work with an upper-class family in Mexico City. The young lady doesn’t seem to fit into her new routine, and after meeting Claudia (Majo Alfaroh) – a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends – she starts creating trouble for herself and her mother at their new home.
Sala creates a strong portrait of Guie’dani, who fights for dignity and equality in a contemporary Mexican society, while she tries to understand her place in the world. The film touches on themes as identity, classism, and race discrimination, and provokes deep reflections about human behavior in our times.
Place: The Cinemas 6
Date: 11 April 2019
Time: 17:45
Duration: 1:32
Place: The Cinemas 6
Date: 12 April 2019
Time: 13:00
Duration: 1:32
Year in
Festival
2019
Director
Xavi Sala
Camera
Martín Boege
Alberto Anaya Adalid
Ricardo Garfias
Cast
Sótera Cruz
Country
Mexico
Editor
Aldo Álvarez Morales
Language
Zapotec
Spanish
Length
119′
Producer
Xavi Sala
Production Company
Xavi Sala p.c.
Production Design
Xavi Sala p.c.
Sales
Xavi Sala p.c.
Scenario
Xavi Sala
Year of Production
2018
Xavi SALA geboren in Alacant (Catalan Countries) maar genaturaliseerd Mexicaan, voltooide een opleiding journalistiek voordat hij naam maakte als regisseur, scenarist en producent. Hij maakte verschillende korte films die werden vertoond op vele filmfestivals, waaronder Berlijn, San Sebastian en Guadalajara. Het leverde hem talloze prijzen op. Xquipi ‘Guie’dani is zijn eerste speelfilm en won twee prijzen op het Morelia Film Festival in Mexico.
Filmography
60 años/60 Years Old (2002, short), Maleteros/Trunks (2003, short), Los padres/Parents (2004, short), Hiyab (2006, short), En el instituto/In the High School (2006, short), La parabólica/The Parabolic Disk (2007, short), La autoridad/The Authority (2010, short), El reloj/The Watch 2011, short doc), El nacimiento/The Birth (2012, short), Del vino al Ártico/From the Wine to the Arctic (2014, short doc, co-dir), Xquipi’ Guie’dani/Guie’dani’s Navel (2018)