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Kaktus - Film picture - Of Coyotes and those who left

Nacht der Kojoten - Night of the Coyotes

Documentary film | 78 min | 2024

To prevent their village from turning into a ghost town, Mexican residents begin simulating an experience they all know: crossing the border illegally into the United States. They disguise themselves as border police and human traffickers so that paying tourists can feel like migrants for one night. A film about loss of home, identity and family, but one that also casts a perspective on the fact that dreams can change.

Film Poster - Night of the Coyotes (2024) - Edited by Marielle Pohlmann
Obwohl „Night of the Coyotes“ ein Dokumentarfilm ist und es schnell klar wird, dass die „Caminata Nocturna“ nur Theater ist, besteht ab der ersten Minute Spannung.
[…] Die Doku transportiert auf feinfühlig-differenzierte Art ausgewählte Schicksale sowie das allgemeine Dilemma, in dem El Alberto sinnbildlich für diverse weitere indigene Ortschaften steckt.

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Credits                                                    

Director and screenwriter Clara Trischler

Producer Thomas Herberth, Florian Brüning, Alireza Golafshan

Cinematography Miriam Ortiz Guzmán

Editing Marielle Pohlmann

Set Sound Baruch Arias

Set Production Clara Marin 

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Production company Horse&Fruits Wien / München

Coproduction Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Awards                                                    

2025 Best Documentary Film Award at Achtung Berlin Filmfestival

2025 Fipresci Award at 21st Zagreb Dox Intern. Film Festival

2024 Special mention at DocsMX​​

Festivals                                                  

2025 Zagreb Dox Intern. Film Festival, Croatia

2025 Achtung Berlin Filmfestival

2025 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany

2024 CPH:DOX Festival, Copenhagen

2024 Diagonale, Graz

2024 DocsMX, Mexico City​

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