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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.

  • Arturo M. Merelo
    Director
    The Idiot, Quarume
  • Juan Sebastián Mariscal Herrera
    Writer
    Quarume
  • Arturo M. Merelo
    Producer
    Quarume
  • Roxana Molinari
    Key Cast
    "Lady"
  • Victoria Vera
    Key Cast
    "Matilde"
  • Juan Sebastián Mariscal
    Key Cast
    "Jose"
  • Aiyana Tao Villa
    Key Cast
    "Bebé"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    En la frontera
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 5, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Nazionale del Cinema e Televisione
    Benevento, Napoli
    Italy
    July 9, 2018
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • EKO International Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    Official Selection
  • Sicily International Film Festival
    Siracusa
    Italy
    Best Jury Award
  • Alternative Film Festival - AltFF
    Toronto
    Canada
    Finalist Best Mistery Film
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival
    Guanajuato
    Mexico
    August 27, 2018
    North-American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Nightpiece Film Festival - Fringe Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    August 22, 2018
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Offcial Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Santander
    Santander
    Colombia
    August 18, 2018
    South-American and Colombian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Iberoamericano SURrealidades
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    September 6, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil
    Guayaquil
    Ecuador
    September 22, 2018
    Ecuador Premiere
    Representing Mexico as Guest Country
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Best Narrative Short
  • Key West Film Festival
    Cayo Hueso
    United States
    November 15, 2018
    United States Premiere
    Official Selection
  • SHORT to the Point

    Romania
    Finalist
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Diario El Heraldo
    Tegucigalpa
    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 Visualízame
    Alcalá La Real
    Spain
    October 4, 2018
    Official Seleciton
  • Weihnachtsfilmfestival (Christmas Film Festival)
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 24, 2018
    Germany Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Veritas Films & Fest
    Philipsburg
    United States
    November 14, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos
    Madrid
    Spain
    December 5, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Ibiza Cinefest
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Official Preselection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Paracho
    Paracho
    Mexico
    October 31, 2018
    Official Selection
  • CINE VIVO, Perth Independent Latino Film Festival
    Perth
    Australia
    Finalist
  • First Friday Film Festival
    Kansas City
    United States
    January 6, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Todos Somos Otros

    Mexico
    Official Selection
  • IndieEarth XChange
    Chennai
    India
    December 2, 2018
    Indian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Visualia 2018
    Brunete
    Spain
    November 11, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 6 on Nebraska
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    December 7, 2018
    South African Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Short Soup International Short Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    December 17, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Sunscreen Film Festival
    St Pertersburg
    United States
    April 24, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Independent Days International Film Festival
    Karlsruhe
    Germany
    April 4, 2019
    Official Selection
  • SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival

    Switzerland
    December 21, 2018
    Switzerland Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Inshort Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    December 21, 2018
    Nigerian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • European Cinematography Awards
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    March 1, 2019
    Semi-finalist
  • Columbia Film Festival
    Columbia, Maryland
    United States
    May 27, 2019
    Washington State Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Figari Film Fest
    Olbia
    Italy
    June 20, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Golden City Short Film Awards
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    Official Selection
  • London International Motion Pictures Awards - LIMPA
    London
    United Kingdom
    May 24, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Muestra de cortometrajes Alicantinos
    Alicante
    Spain
    June 8, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    February 1, 2020
    Japan Premiere
    Best Short - Best Original Idea - Nominee Best Director and Best Writing
  • Best of Latin America Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 25, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    August 23, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Genre Celebration Festival
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 2, 2019
    Best Drama Short / Nominee Best Director
  • Festival Cine Libre Internacional
    Darién
    Colombia
    July 13, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    July 21, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Vox Popular Media Arts
    Thunder Bay
    Canada
    September 12, 2019
    Canadian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • WOW Film Festival Tunisia
    Tunisia
    Tunisia
    March 2, 2020
    Tunisian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Arlington International Film Festival
    Arlington, Massachusetts
    United States
    November 10, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Sunscreen Film Festival West
    Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles
    United States
    October 18, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Oaxaca Film Fest
    Oaxaca
    Mexico
    October 8, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Marmaris International Short Film Festival
    Marmaris
    Turkey
    October 17, 2019
    Turkish Premiere
    Special Screening
  • Lost River Film Fest
    San Marcos, Texas
    United States
    October 18, 2019
    Official Selection
  • The CHICO Independent Film Festival
    Chico, California
    United States
    November 16, 2019
    Official Selection
  • LIFFT India Filmotsav
    Pune
    India
    December 12, 2019
    Offcial Selection
  • International Film Festival "Cinema and You"
    Mariupol
    Ukraine
    Semi-Finalist
  • The Chico Indepenent Film Festival
    Chico, California
    United States
    November 16, 2019
    Best International Film
  • HEcare FIlm Festival
    Pickering
    Canada
    November 5, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Cine en mi Barrio
    Popayán
    Colombia
    September 28, 2020
    Official Selection
  • FibABC

    Spain
    November 26, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Ascendance International Dilm Festival
    PIckering
    Canada
    May 13, 2021
    Offical Selection
  • FICCPaz
    Veracruz
    Mexico
    December 19, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Show me Justice Film Festival
    Warrensburg
    United States
    April 1, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Sinevizyon
    Alsancak
    Cyprus
    September 11, 2019
    Cyprus Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Rome Film Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    March 12, 2024
    Best Short
Director Biography - Arturo M. Merelo


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).

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Director Statement

Cinema as a way of discovering the human soul.