Ambulante, 20 Years Adrift at Sea
program description
The task of assembling a retrospective anniversary program means confronting the impossibility of containing this sea of stories, aesthetic possibilities, and impacts that have reshaped the landscape over the past twenty years. Faced with a living, uncontainable archive, this selection celebrates the passion of our audience—those who keep the Ambulante ship afloat—and reminds us of the power of documentary cinema: a form that embraces the mutability of the world and the longing to touch solid ground.
about the curator
Ambulante is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and disseminating documentary film as a means of cultural and social transformation in Mexico and Central America. Founded in 2005 by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Elena Fortes, and currently directed by Itzel Martínez del Cañizo, Ambulante seeks to create collective spaces for encounter and action to build alternative worlds through documentary film.
Among its diverse tasks, Ambulante identifies and travels to locations with limited documentary film exhibition and training offerings, where it fosters cultural exchange, promotes participation and an informed critical attitude, and opens new avenues for reflection
Mexico, 2013, 1h 7m
The Naked Room offers a vision of a world without leaving a single space: the room where doctors visits take place in a children´s hospital in Mexico City.
Mexico, 2012, 1h 1m
Three Voices recounts the intimate love stories of three women of different generations: a teenager, a middle-aged divorcée, and a 90 year-old great grandmother.
Mexico, 2013, 1h 35m
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress.
Mexico/El Salvador, 2011, 1h 45m
On the surface El lugar más pequeño (The Tiniest Place) is the story of Cinquera, a village literally wiped off the official map during El Salvador’s 12-year civil war.
Mexico, 2018, 52m
Miguel traces his way trying to survive. His reality becomes increasingly labyrinthine until he must eventually face up to his own being.
Mexico, 2017, 1h 24m
Omar & Gloria dance Danzon. Gloria who is 80 years old is a woman full of light. For over 15 years Omar has been her accomplice and dancing partner.
