BOCA VIEJA

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

ABOUT THE FILM

Boca Vieja is the place of my maternal roots, a small village of fishermen and farmers in southern Mexico who enjoy the land and the sea. However, during the rainy season, the town must retreat to allow nature to take its place. This cycle repeats itself as the villagers resist the latent threat of dispossession of their land.

DIRECTOR

YOVEGAMI ASCONA MORA

Yovegami Ascona Mora is a filmmaker from San Juan Guichicovi, Oaxaca. He has directed several short films about his community. With Sones Mixes en la Ciudad (2013), he won the Mexican national documentary competition Miradas sin Tiempo. With Mëët Naax (2014), he received the Best Short Film award at the national contest Hazlo en Corto. Los que están por nacer (2018) won the Best Short Film at the Morelia Indigenous Film Festival. Boca Vieja, his feature-length documentary debut, premiered at the 40th Guadalajara International Film Festival.