Seeds, The legacy of the Land
Semillas, el legado de la tierra (Mexico | 2021 | 18’ | HD | Spanish with/English subtitles).
Synopsis
In Mexico, maize seeds have been passed down from generation to generation. Inspired by their ancestors’ knowledge, Ramón and Camilo preserve different maize seed varieties in the hope that when they die, there is someone that will continue their legacy.
Production crew
Director: Fernando Valencia.
Assistant Director: Sergio Ruiz Velasco.
Producer: Cristobal Camarena.
Production assistants: Erika Jiménez, Luis Adrián Real y Noé Antón Sánchez.
Screenwriter: Santiago Villalobos.
Executive Producer: Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE)
Cinematographer: Santiago Villalobos.
Additional camera: Édgar Fernández Ávalos, Daniel González y Víctor González.
Sound recording: Luis Eduardo Luna, Juan Pablo Hernández, David Sierra Camarena y Pedro Peña Flores.
Postproduction coordination: Nicolenka Beltran.
Editor: Nicolenka Beltran.
Color grading: Santiago Pedroche.
Sound design and mixing: Mario Martinez Cobos.
Original score: Tonalli Magaña Guzmán
Additional score: Mario Martinez Cobos.
Awards:
Best documentary on the nature and conservancy categoray at the “XII Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces” / November 2022 / Mexico City.
Best directing on the Documentary short film category at Tamatan Mexican Cinema Film Festival / November 2022 / Cd. Victoria, Mexico.
Honorable mention “Award for the preservation of intangible heritage” at ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival /June 2022 / Villa de los Santos, Panama.
Best Green Short nominee at the Green Film Network Awards 2022 / October 2022 / Innsbruck, Austria.
Festivales:
2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Missoula, Montana (US).
2022 Taxco International Film Festival. Taxco, Guerrero (Mex).
2022 Tequila International Film Festival. Tequila, Jalisco (Mex).
2022 Mountainfilm Festival. Telluride, Colorado (US).
2022 ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival. La Villa de los Santos, Panamá (Pan).
2022 Festival de Cine Oro Negro. Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Mex).
2022 Rural Film Fest. Elche, España.
2022 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gibara. Gibara, Holguin (Cuba).
2022 Shorts Mexico 17. Mexico City, Mexico.
2022 VII MUNIC Muestra Nacional de Imágenes Científicas. Mexico City, Mexico.
2022 XII Festival De Cine Verde De Barichara FESTIVER. Barichara, Santander (Colombia).
2022 VII Ecuador Ethnographic Film Festival. Quito, Ecuador.
2022 New York Latino Film Festival. New York, New York (US).
2022 Cinema Planeta. Mexico City, Mexico.
2022 Tamatán Mexican Cinema Film Festival. Cd. Victoria, Mexico.
2022 SUNCINE Festival Internacional del Cine de Medio Ambiente. Barcelona, Spain.
2022 XII Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces. Mexico City, Mexico.
2022 NewFilmmakersLA Docu Slate. Los Angeles, California (US).
2022 Ruta Maya Film Fest. Campeche, Mexico.
2022 Miami Short Film Festival (Semi Finalist). Miami, Florida (US).
2023 47 Cleveland International Film Festival FilmSlam. Cleveland, Ohio (US).
2023 XII FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen. Hidalgo, Mexico.
2023 FICCterra Festival Itinerante de Cine Comunitario de la Tierra. Veracruz, Mexico.
2023 Cine de las Yungas Film Festival. Tucumán, Argentina.
2023 Rodando Film Festival. San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí (Mexico).
2023 Puerto Madryn International Film Festival (MAFICI). Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
2024 Festival Circuito Cimena de Penedo, Brasil. Penedo, Brazil.
Community Film Screenings:
2022 Junio con Ambiente at Jardín de las Esculturas, University of Veracruz. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
2022 Community film workshop by Espora Media. Matasanos Village, Jaltenango de la Paz, Chiapas, Mexico.
“Semillas en resistencia” (Seeds in resistance) ECASODETTE Retreat organized by The Mexican Institute for Community Development (IMDEC). Chiloljá Village, San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas, Mexico.
2022 National Maize Day. Villa de Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2022 National Maize Day 2022 at CENCALLI Maize Museum. Mexico City, Mexico.
2023 “El maíz en el cine” Cinema Online Screening organized by the Secretary of Foreign Relations. Global.
2022 Taqueria Tacombi & Tortilleria Vista Hermosa / Brooklyn, New York (US).
2022 Dutchess Community College “Hispanic Heritage Month”. Poughkeepsie, New York (US).
2023 National Autonomous University of Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
2023 “Territorios, Resistencias y Alternativas” Film Series. Mexico & US.
2023 Tour Transvolcánico Huerto Cinema. Jalisco and Colima, Mexico.
