Keiko
Japanese
Directed by Santiago Fabregas
Description
Keiko and Ryota travel to Mexico City to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with their only son Yusuke, who turns out to be too busy to spend time with them. Keiko can’t seem understand her son’s choices; Ryota, stunned by the city, decides to experience firsthand the reasons why their son moved there.
Previous Screening / Awards:
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2014
Director's Bio
Santiago Fabregas is an emerging Mexican film director. His works have been exhibited at film festivals such as GIFF and Distrital (Mexico) and Bogoshorts (Colombia). Since 2012 he has worked as a permanent collaborator of Vice México, where currently he is the head of video. Among his most memorable works: “The Last” (2008, short film); “Rotilla: God Willing and the Party Allows It” (2012, short documentary); and “Cheran” (2012, short documentary for Vice México). He also is one of the founding members of Filmaciones de la Ciudad.
Credits
Producer: Juan Sarquis
Writer: Santiago Fabregas
Precedes
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The Kids
Sunny Yu / Nov 7: Program 6 – Centrepiece Presentation: The Kids / Taiwan / 2015 / Drama / 90 mins
Eighth-grader Bao-Li unexpectedly comes to the rescue of Jia-Jia, a girl one grade above, and they immediately fall in love.
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