GREEN AUTUMN

The recognition of the struggle of Michoacan (México) women throughout the last decades for their sexual and reproductive rights is portrayed and told by them themselves, Michoacan activists from different generations with the same objective: to achieve recognition of the right that each woman has to decide freely about their body.

  • Sunya Itzia Madrigal Alvarez Ugena
    Director
  • Elena Ibarra Rosas
    Writer
  • Erika Durán Avalos
    Writer
  • Sunya Itzia Madrigal Alvarez Ugena
    Writer
  • Erika Durán Avalos
    Producer
  • Sunya Itzia Madrigal Alvarez Ugena
    Producer
  • Lucero Circe López Riofrío
    Key Cast
    "As herself"
  • Elena Ibarra Rosas
    Key Cast
    "As herself"
  • Gabriela Cázares Blanco
    Key Cast
    "As herself"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Otoño Verde
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2023
  • 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
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • FESTIVAL RESISTIMOS
    CDMX
    Mexico
    August 25, 2023
    México Premier
    Official Slection
  • STUFF MX
    CDMX
    Mexico
    September 3, 2023
    Selección Oficial
  • CINETEKTON
    Puebla
    Mexico
    November 24, 2023
  • Mic Género
    México
    Mexico
    August 5, 2024
    Official Seelection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de la Noviolencia Activa
    Madrid
    Spain
    October 11, 2024
    Latin America and Europe Premiere
  • FESTIVAL ARTE PARA TODOS
    Morelia
    Mexico
    November 10, 2023
    Selección Oficial
Distribution Information
  • Grupo Ratio Films
    Distributor
    Country: Mexico
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Sunya Itzia Madrigal Alvarez Ugena

Sunya Madrigal is a filmmaker and hybrid art director, with works screened in 14 countries. Sunya has a Master's in Philosophy of Culture and a degree in media.

Winner at MPIFF Mexico Prague International Film Festival with the hybrid film work "Dimension Zero"; award for Best Experimental Short Film, at the Andromeda Film Festival -Turkey- and, selected at the FICM with the experimental short film “Habitar"; a project awarded for the AcompañArte scholarship. She was part of Talents Guadalajara at the FICG 36 within the Directors Studio; a finalist at FICMA, MIC MX, and SHORTS MÉXICO, selected at Ambulante Pulsos Michoacán with two collective works and one on her own. Her documentary "Otoño Verde" on sexual and reproductive rights has been screened nationwide at Mic Género, Cinetekton, RESISTIMOS Festival, and various cultural spaces.

She has directed degrees in audiovisual production and digital art and has taught and led workshops at multiple universities in Mexico.

She is the founder and curator of Divergentes Arte y Cine, a festival about cinema and artistic creation with a gender perspective. Since 2015, she has coordinated the creative hybrid film and art studio GRUPO RATIO FILMS.

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Director Statement

"Otoño Verde" (Green autumn) portrays the struggle of Michoacan and Mexican women throughout the last decades for their sexual and reproductive rights, narrated by themselves, activists from different generations with the same objective: the right that each woman has to decide freely over his body.
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"Otoño Verde" retrata la lucha de las mujeres michoacanas y mexicanas a lo largo de las últimas décadas por sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos, narrado por ellas mismas, activistas de distintas generaciones con un mismo objetivo: el derecho que tiene cada mujer a decidir libremente sobre su cuerpo.