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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 

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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