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Verde
June 18, 2016 - 3:00 pm
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: 
Matías Meyer.

Moros y Cristianos  (Mexico, 2007)

Moors and Christians

Filmmaker Matías Meyer’s documentary, produced as a student in Mexico, profiles an annual ritual among devotees of Saint John the Baptist, who have staged a ritual, symbolic battle between Moors and Christians each August for 150 years.  Embodying the characters they etch in abstract time and real space, the participants also reveal dimensions of their own lives that add life and meaning to the pitched battle.

Digital video, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 52 min.  Producer: Matías Meyer.  Director: Matías Meyer.  Cinematographer: Gerardo Barroso.  Editor: Matías Meyer.

Preceded by:

El Pasajero  (Mexico, 2004)

The Passenger

Winner of the Golden Sun Award for Best Short Film at the 2005 Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema, and the Award for Best Short Film at the 2004 Morelia International Film Festival.  A man hires a taxi driver to be his companion as he creates his own perfect day. 

35mm, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 15 min.  Producers: Ángeles Castro, Hugo Rodriguez.  Director: Matías Meyer.  Based on the story El Pasajero by Victor Manuel Pazarín.  Screenwriter: Andrés Maximiliano Cruz, Matías Meyer.  Cinematographer: Gerardo Barroso.  Editor: Bulmaro Osornio.  Cast: Jean Meyer, Silverio Palacios.

Verde  (Mexico, 2004)


A friendship enjoyed by two boys of different social strata won’t be tolerated by their older brothers.

35mm, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 18 min.  Producer: Milko Luis Coronel.  Director: Matías Meyer.  Screenwriter: Andrés Maximiliano Cruz, Matías Meyer.  Cinematographer: Gerardo Barroso.  Editor: León F. González, Matías Meyer.  Cast: Ivan Gutierrez Garcia, Guillermo De Jesus Lopez “El Chino,” Omar Gutierrez Garcia, Marco Antonio Ponce Aquino, Frida Maceira.

Part of: 
Journeys Within and Without: Matías Meyer