Directed by

Rodrigo Pl‡

With

Mario Zaragoza, Diego Cata–o, Memo Dorantes, Eileen Y‡–ez, Luis Fernando Pe–a

Producers:

Germ‡n MŽndez, Rodrigo Pl‡

Screenplay:

Laura Santullo, Rodrigo Pl‡

Camera:

Serguei Saldivar Tanaka

Editors:

Ana Garc’a, Rodrigo Pl‡

Music:

Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum

Screening Format:

35 mm

Awards and Honors:

At the 2008 Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival, Desert Within won the Audience Award, Best Film for Rodrigo Pl‡, Best Actor for Mario Zaragoza, Best Actress for Dolores Heredia, Best Cinematography for Serguei Sald’var Tanaka, and Best Screenplay for Rodrigo Pl‡ & Laura Santullo. Desert Within also played the Closing night showcase at Cannes' Critics Week 2008.

A

devastating and intense portrayal of parental love and religious obsession driven by the impossible task of making up for past wrongs. Desert Within has been compared to the work of Spanish master Luis Bu–uel and praised for its moving performances, incredible settings, and stunning cinematography. Another contribution to the growing film renaissance in Mexico, led by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Alejandro Gonz‡lez I–‡rritu (Amores Perros). Watch the Trailer for Desert Within.

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of Instituto Mexicano de Cinematograf’a in presenting Desert Within.

Preceded by

Next Floor

(Canada, 2008, 10 mins.)

Directed by

Denis Villeneuve

Producers:

Phoebe Greenberg, Karen Murphy

Awards and Honors:

Best Short Film at International Critics Week 2008 at Cannes

D

uring an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance.

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