(Huesera)
Date: Sunday, Feb. 18
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Celebration Cinema (Directions HERE)
Genre: Horror
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Country: Mexico 🇲🇽
Duration: 97 minutes
Presented by Ana Ponce, PhD Student in Hispanic Cultural Studies, Department of Romance & Classical Studies
ABOUT THE FILM
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Michelle Garza Cervera is Mexico City-based director and screenwriter who graduated from The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. She was awarded a Chevening scholarship to study in the United Kingdom, where she completed an M.F.A in Film Directing at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her short films have been selected in over a hundred international film festivals. Her debut feature, Huesera, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2022, where it won the Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron awards, and has continued to collect over 30 accolades from international film festivals around the world, including the Sitges Film Festival’s Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director and the Blood Window Award for the Best Ibero-American film.
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