How does a man, raised between Islam and Marxism, survive exile while a revolution led by women is taking place in his land? Why does an Argentine woman fall in love with a Utopia on the other side of the world and is able to give her life for her? Foreigner tells the story of a Kurd and an Argentinian traversed by utopias, loneliness and death, as they debate about traveling to the liberated territories of Rojava, where a revolution is about to be exterminated.
A midwife and an educator, both indigenous women, transform the process of birth into a battle against gender violence. At Yach’il Antzetic shelter in San Cristóbal de las Casas, México, they work with women from native communities, survivors as themselves. In this path they heal old wounds and start changing the future, starting by raising their daughters differently.
Festivals:
– 16 Zanate Festival de Cine documental mexicano; 11/2023 México
– PHLAFF2024 – Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival; 2/2024 USA
– Construir Cine – 11 Festival internacional de Cine sobre el trabajo; 5/2024 Argentina
– GIEFF German (Göttingen) International Ethnographic Film Festival; 5/2024 Alemania
– 11 FICDEH – Festival internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos; 8/2024 Colombia
– Contra El Silencio Todas Las Voces. XIII Encuentro Hispanoamericano De Cine Documental Independiente; 9/2024 México (best documentary women)
– 29 Festival de cine Latinoamericano de Rosario; 10/2024 Argentina
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