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Aqui y Alla

– by Antonio Mendez Esparza

    1. Fiction

    2. Date Awarded: Winter 2010

    3. Directors(s): Antonio Mendez Esparza

    1. Producer(s): Diana Wade

    2. Location: Mexico

    1. Film Status: In Post Production

About the Film:

Pedro – husband, father, and musician – struggles to make a living in his village in Mexico.  After a three year absence working abroad in the US, Pedro returns home thinking that although he has missed many things, his life and the life of his family will be better because of his sacrifice. The film breaks into three acts: the return, the reality and the future. The return is presented as a success, but there is clash and estrangement because of his long absence. The reality is much more different than what he thought, but he desperately tries to grab it and overcome it. The future is packed with uncertainty and a decision must be made.

About the Filmmakers:

Director and screenwriterAntonio Méndez Esparza received his MFA in Filmmaking from Columbia University. In 2009, Una y Otra Vez was awarded the Best Narrative Short in the Los Angeles Film Festival and the first prize in the Concurso de Cortometrajes Versión Española, a major award in Spain, won the DGA Student Award for Best Latino Filmmaker-East Coast, was a Student Academy Awards Finalist, and screened at Slamdance, the Uppsala Short Film Festival, and a dozen international film festivals. His short films have been broadcasted on Spanish public television.

Producer Diana Wade received her MA in Film Studies from Columbia University, 2010. She produced Una y Otra Vez. She is the distribution coordinator at Rialto Pictures.