Carnivalesque Films brings together stories united by a raw, startling sensibility of disruption and celebration, where excess and transgression percolate in everyday life.
Intimidad
- Magnolia Film Festival-Ron Tibbet Award for Excellence in Film
- River Run Film Festival-Human Rights Award
- Connecticut Film Festival-Best International Film
- Sidewalk Film Festival-Best Documentary Award
- San Francisco International Latino Film Festival-Best Documentary Award
- VideoFest-Best Documentary and Best of the VideoFest
- Part of "The Contenders" Series at MOMA
Reviews
"Romance is where Intimidad soars, turning it into a documentary fairytale of truly humbling proportions." Michael Tully, Indiewire/Hammer to Nail
"Intimidad's final scenes satisfy, showing how even small victories can be savored. Mix of video and 16mm is artfully balanced." Joe Leydon, Variety
"Redmon and Sabin follow the family for more than four years as they struggle to buy land and build a house..." Austin Chronicle
Description
INTIMIDAD is an original Mexican love story about family relationships and the meaning of "home." Cecy and Camilo – ages 21 – recently moved to the border, Reynosa, Mexico, from Santa Maria, Puebla with a dream to save money, buy land, and build a home. A year later they return to their rural hometown to reunite with their two year-old daughter Loida. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns into a confusing dilemma that transforms the course of their marriage. Both the family in the film - and the directors - documented INTIMIDAD over the course of 5 years, lending the story to an incredibly intimate, dream-like impression. INTIMIDAD mixes digital verite with Super 8 and 16mm film stock.