ozogoche

feature – documentary – 2023

SYNOPSIS

The Cuviví is the only bird that inexplicably commits suicide. While most of the migratory human population in the Americas travels from south to north, this grassland bird flies in the opposite direction. Don Feliciano awaits their arrival once a year to harvest their carcasses along the vast shores of the Ozogoche lagoons. His granddaughter Sisa, a young girl entering puberty and dreaming of new opportunities, must decide whether her future lies within the community or far from it. As the Kichwa Indigenous community awaits the return of those who migrated toward the U.S.–Mexico border, the birds’ pilgrimage is welcomed as nourishment. Both Feliciano and his family struggle to preserve their culture, threatened by the lure of emigration.

IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) – World Premiere

Havana International Film Festival – Cuba

Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) – Best Documentary (Oscar-qualifying)

Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) – Mexico

Dok.Fest München – Germany

Millennium Docs Against Gravity – Poland

Margaret Mead Film Festival – New York

EDOC (Encuentros del Otro Cine) – Ecuador

Latinamerika i Fokus Film Festival (LAIF) – Sweden – Audience Award

Cámara Lúcida Film Festival

Kunturñawi Festival – Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing

Premios Colibrí – Best Editing

Premios Platino – Shortlist for Best Documentary and Best Sound Direction

MOVE IT! Film Festival – Nominated for Human Rights Awards

ClaP Latin American Film Festival in Paris – Best Film Award from the University Jury

ozogoche

SYNOPSIS

Projects

THE IVY

BIRD

ozogoche

amapola