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Ways to Traverse a Territory

An indigenous Tsotsil women, shepherds and wool weavers, tend their sheep while honoring their land’s memory. The encounter with the filmmaker, in their ancestral mountains, reveals a longing to acknowledge different ways of inhabiting the same territory.

  • GABRIELA DOMINGUEZ RUVALCABA
    Director
    LA DANZA DEL HIPOCAMPO
  • PIA QUINTANA ENCISO
    Producer
    MOM, NEGRA
  • Sebastiana Hernández
    Key Cast
  • Maribel Pérez Hernández
    Key Cast
  • Margarita Pérez Hernández
    Key Cast
  • Rosalinda Pérez Hernández
    Key Cast
  • Angelina Pérez Hernández
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Formas de Atravesar un Territorio
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    WOMEN, ENVIRONMET, SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    269,221 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL, 16 MM
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FICUNAM
    MEXICO CITY
    Mexico
    June 17, 2024
    World Premiere
    Ahora México Selection
  • Locarno International Film Festival
    Locarno
    Switzerland
    August 14, 2024
    International Premiere
    Semaine de la Critique
Director Biography - GABRIELA DOMINGUEZ RUVALCABA

Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 1981
Director and editor. Her work is nourished by interdisciplinary experiences around narratives and explorations that arise from her interest in dance and the environment. Since her first documentary La Danza del Hipocampo (2014) she began a search into the forms of film essay that led her to study a master's degree at the EICTV (Cuba). She is a graduate of the UDLAP communication degree and the master's degree in Creative Documentary at the Autonomous University of Barcelona; she is part of the National System of Art Creators (2020-2023). "Formas de atravesar un territorio" is his second feature film.
La danza del hipocampo (2014). Documentary Feature Film
( Best Documentary at Monterrey International Film Festival // Best Direction at Mérida Yucatán International Film Festival // Jury Mention and Press Award at FICM Morelia International Film Festival 2014 // Flaherty Award at FICG Guadalajara International Film Festival // Best Cinematography at Pantalla de Cristal // Official Selection at DOCSDF Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival // Official Selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival // FEMCINE Women's Film Festival).

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Director Statement

I grew up in a city surrounded by mountains inhabited by indigenous peoples who have resisted while maintaining their identity. My film arises from a deep-rooted nostalgia and concern for the destruction of these mountains and explores the ways of living together in the same territory. The memory of this place is kept in the insides of the “mossy hill” woven by the Tsotsil women with woollen threads. As we traverse them, we encounter, recognise and honour ourselves.