2012 | Germany/Mexico | 11:00 Min.
DCP | Color | 1.85:1 | Stereo
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English, German & french
Director, montage & animation: Victor Orozco Ramirez
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
It was autumn when I arrived in Germany. I thought that in this exotic country I could distance myself a
little bit from Mexico, but I was wrong. Drug traffickers managed to take me back in a ruthless way.
A short animated documentary about the drug-related violence in Mexico.
‣ Award “HFBK-Filmpreis” from the Hamburg Cultural Foundation, Germany, 2012
‣ Award “Karl H. Ditze-Preis” 2012, Germany, 2012
‣ First steps Award, Best documentary, Germany, 2012
‣ Honorary mention in the Mexican Short film section, DocsDF, México 2012
‣ Best Latin-American short film, 27 Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina, 2012
‣ Winner January Shortfilm Slam Zeise Kinos, Hamburg 2013
‣ Honorary mention in the documentary section, Lanzarote Internacional Short Film Festival, Spain 2013
‣ Special mention, Tabor Film Festival, Croatia 2013
‣ Best animation, Norwegian Student Film Festival, Norway 2013
‣ Best short film, Arfilm Festival, Trencin, Slovakia 2013
‣ Special mention, Faito Doc Festival, Monte Faito, Italy 2013
‣ Best animation, Festival de Cinema de Girona, Spain 2013
‣ Award der Nationalgalerie für junge Filmkunst, Germany 2013
‣ First prize in the Student Competitive Section, Animasyros, Greece 2013
‣ Best Short Film, New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema, USA 2013
‣ Best Video Documentary, U.Frame Festival, Portugal 2013
‣ Documentary Golden Award, German Kurzfilmpreis, Germany 2013
‣ Best Short Film Animation, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, United Arab Emirates 2013
‣ Special Mention, ShortVisions Ningbo, China 2014
‣ Portrait of national reality, Festival Brazileiro de Cinema Universitario, Brasil 2014