Private Project

Desert Road

In Mexico there are just over 150 films a year, half of them have support or encouragement from the State for their production, only half get projected on a screen commercially or in Festivals and only some of these films are independent. A documentary that arises from the same filming of an independent film, filmed for 4 weeks in Durango in the midst of wonderful landscapes

  • Alejandro Herrera Castillo
    Director
    Acordes de Vida
  • Alejandro Herrera Castillo
    Writer
  • Carlos Narro
    Producer
    I stay with, Colozio
  • Mariarosario Mercado
    Producer
    Se Busca
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    El camino desierto
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 20, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    600 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    HDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FICDU 2018
    Durango
    Mexico
    September 7, 2018
    Premiere Nacional
    Selección Oficial
  • AWFF 2018
    Almería
    Spain
    October 11, 2018
    European Premiere
    Selección Panorama Internacional
  • Bangalore Film Society
    Bangalore
    India
    December 7, 2018
    Screening
Director Biography - Alejandro Herrera Castillo

Alejandro Herrera Nació en la Ciudad de México el 25 de diciembre de 1977, estudió Bibliotecología y Estudios de la Información y Documentación en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM, Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la UNAM. Trabajó en TVAzteca y Televisa así como en el Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. Es músico independiente desde hace más de 20 años. Ha musicalizado para cortometrajes y documentales, y participado en producción o postproducción de realizaciones audiovisuales. Actualmente participa en una pequeña productora audiovisual independiente como realizador.

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Director Statement

The documentary genre in the cinema is the best way to show small realities that sometimes appear hidden in a great transient reality of immediacy and ambiguity, independent cinema has been a bastion in which I have found a form of expression and communication with the spectators, who sometimes dissent, seek new and different content. At the beginning of 2018 I have the opportunity to capture the filming of an independent Mexican film and show how difficult it can be to bring a film to the screen. In the midst of wonderful landscapes and endless days, visual documentary is the best way to present reality, without nuances.