On the border
In a setting surrounded by constant news of violence, catastrophes and organized crime, good will and fear oppose each other when a woman watches her neighbours suspecting they are into some kind of trouble.
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Arturo M. MereloDirectorThe Idiot, Quarume
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Juan Sebastián Mariscal HerreraWriterQuarume
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Arturo M. MereloProducerQuarume
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Roxana MolinariKey Cast"Lady"
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Victoria VeraKey Cast"Matilde"
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Juan Sebastián MariscalKey Cast"Jose"
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Aiyana Tao VillaKey Cast"Bebé"
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Project Title (Original Language):En la frontera
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:6 minutes 40 seconds
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Completion Date:March 5, 2018
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Production Budget:2,500 USD
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Country of Origin:Mexico
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Country of Filming:Mexico
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Festival Nazionale del Cinema e TelevisioneBenevento, Napoli
Italy
July 9, 2018
Italian Premiere
Official Selection -
EKO International Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
Official Selection -
Sicily International Film FestivalSiracusa
Italy
Best Jury Award -
Alternative Film Festival - AltFFToronto
Canada
Finalist Best Mistery Film -
Guanajuato International Film FestivalGuanajuato
Mexico
August 27, 2018
North-American Premiere
Official Selection -
Nightpiece Film Festival - Fringe EdinburghEdinburgh
United Kingdom
August 22, 2018
United Kingdom Premiere
Offcial Selection -
Festival Internacional de Cine de SantanderSantander
Colombia
August 18, 2018
South-American and Colombian Premiere
Official Selection -
Festival Iberoamericano SURrealidadesBogotá
Colombia
September 6, 2018
Official Selection -
Festival Internacional de Cine de GuayaquilGuayaquil
Ecuador
September 22, 2018
Ecuador Premiere
Representing Mexico as Guest Country -
Independent Shorts AwardsLos Angeles
United States
Best Narrative Short -
Key West Film FestivalCayo Hueso
United States
November 15, 2018
United States Premiere
Official Selection -
SHORT to the Point
Romania
Finalist -
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Diario El HeraldoTegucigalpa
Honduras
October 30, 2018
Honduras Premiere
Mención Honorífica -
Zero Budget Film Festival CHEAP THRILLS!Sheffield
United Kingdom
November 24, 2018
Official Selection -
Festival de Cortometrajes VisualízameAlcalá La Real
Spain
October 4, 2018
Official Seleciton -
Weihnachtsfilmfestival (Christmas Film Festival)Berlin
Germany
December 24, 2018
Germany Premiere
Official Selection -
Veritas Films & FestPhilipsburg
United States
November 14, 2018
Official Selection -
Festival de Cine y Derechos HumanosMadrid
Spain
December 5, 2018
Official Selection -
Ibiza CinefestIbiza
Spain
Official Preselection -
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de ParachoParacho
Mexico
October 31, 2018
Official Selection -
CINE VIVO, Perth Independent Latino Film FestivalPerth
Australia
Finalist -
First Friday Film FestivalKansas City
United States
January 6, 2019
Official Selection -
Todos Somos Otros
Mexico
Official Selection -
IndieEarth XChangeChennai
India
December 2, 2018
Indian Premiere
Official Selection -
Visualia 2018Brunete
Spain
November 11, 2018
Official Selection -
6 on NebraskaCape Town
South Africa
December 7, 2018
South African Premiere
Official Selection -
Short Soup International Short Film FestivalSydney
Australia
December 17, 2018
Official Selection -
Sunscreen Film FestivalSt Pertersburg
United States
April 24, 2019
Official Selection -
Independent Days International Film FestivalKarlsruhe
Germany
April 4, 2019
Official Selection -
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival
Switzerland
December 21, 2018
Switzerland Premiere
Official Selection -
Inshort Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
December 21, 2018
Nigerian Premiere
Official Selection -
European Cinematography AwardsAmsterdam
Netherlands
March 1, 2019
Semi-finalist -
Columbia Film FestivalColumbia, Maryland
United States
May 27, 2019
Washington State Premiere
Official Selection -
Figari Film FestOlbia
Italy
June 20, 2019
Official Selection -
Rome Independent Prisma AwardsRome
Italy
Official Selection -
Golden City Short Film AwardsJohannesburg
South Africa
Official Selection -
London International Motion Pictures Awards - LIMPALondon
United Kingdom
May 24, 2019
Official Selection -
Muestra de cortometrajes AlicantinosAlicante
Spain
June 8, 2019
Official Selection -
Top Indie Film AwardsTokyo
Japan
February 1, 2020
Japan Premiere
Best Short - Best Original Idea - Nominee Best Director and Best Writing -
Best of Latin America Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
June 25, 2019
Official Selection -
Los Angeles Diversity Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
August 23, 2019
Official Selection -
Genre Celebration FestivalTokyo
Japan
December 2, 2019
Best Drama Short / Nominee Best Director -
Festival Cine Libre InternacionalDarién
Colombia
July 13, 2019
Official Selection -
Kolkata Shorts International Film FestivalCalcutta
India
July 21, 2019
Official Selection -
Vox Popular Media ArtsThunder Bay
Canada
September 12, 2019
Canadian Premiere
Official Selection -
WOW Film Festival TunisiaTunisia
Tunisia
March 2, 2020
Tunisian Premiere
Official Selection -
Arlington International Film FestivalArlington, Massachusetts
United States
November 10, 2019
Official Selection -
Sunscreen Film Festival WestHermosa Beach, Los Angeles
United States
October 18, 2019
Official Selection -
Oaxaca Film FestOaxaca
Mexico
October 8, 2019
Official Selection -
Marmaris International Short Film FestivalMarmaris
Turkey
October 17, 2019
Turkish Premiere
Special Screening -
Lost River Film FestSan Marcos, Texas
United States
October 18, 2019
Official Selection -
The CHICO Independent Film FestivalChico, California
United States
November 16, 2019
Official Selection -
LIFFT India FilmotsavPune
India
December 12, 2019
Offcial Selection -
International Film Festival "Cinema and You"Mariupol
Ukraine
Semi-Finalist -
The Chico Indepenent Film FestivalChico, California
United States
November 16, 2019
Best International Film -
HEcare FIlm FestivalPickering
Canada
November 5, 2020
Official Selection -
Cine en mi BarrioPopayán
Colombia
September 28, 2020
Official Selection -
FibABC
Spain
November 26, 2020
Official Selection -
Ascendance International Dilm FestivalPIckering
Canada
May 13, 2021
Offical Selection -
FICCPazVeracruz
Mexico
December 19, 2019
Official Selection -
Show me Justice Film FestivalWarrensburg
United States
April 1, 2020
Official Selection -
SinevizyonAlsancak
Cyprus
September 11, 2019
Cyprus Premiere
Official Selection -
Rome Film AwardsRoma
Italy
March 12, 2024
Best Short
Arturo M. Merelo is a director, producer, professor, playwright, and distributor from Spain who has made his career in Mexico.
His short films have been selected in over 100 festivals worldwide, including Guanajuato and Oaxaca, Key West and Sunscreen (Florida), Santander (Colombia), Fringe Festival Edinburgh, Perth Independent Latino (Australia), and the European Cinematography Awards, and have won several awards.
Arturo holds a Masters in Communications/Cinema from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca and has studied film directing, screenwriting and distribution with Mexican filmmakers Amat Escalante and Gibrán Portela.
He has managed and staged his original works at the Microteatro in San Miguel de Allende and taught directing, narrative filmmaking, and world cinema history at the Universidad Descartes-Chiapas (UNAM affiliated).
Cinema as a way of discovering the human soul.