Aguacuario

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Director
Jose Eduardo Castilla Ponce
Year
2023
Runtime
21 min
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English

Synopsis

Under the sun and in the heat of a port in Veracruz, Mexico, a 10-year-old boy who works alongside his older brother delivering water jugs on an old tricycle, crosses paths with a girl of his same age. This will make him face a dilemma: to fulfill his responsibilities or disobey his brother and embark on a small three-wheeled adventure

Screenings

10:30

Teatro Estudio

Niños en Acción 1

Friday 19.7.
11:00

Auditorio Miguel Malo | Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante"

Niños en Acción 1

Wednesday 24.7.

Cast and crew

Director
Jose Eduardo Castilla Ponce
Producer
Carolina Maciel Del Pino
Writer
Jose Eduardo Castilla Ponce
Cast
Claudio Jurado, Marsell Moreno Cruz, Hugo Benítez Guerra
Editor
Julio Rubio
Music
Fer Rubio
Sound
Luis "Aztk" Hernández, Francisco Gómez Guevara
dop
Cesar Salgado Alemán
Art Director
Gerardo García León, Erika Nuñez

Director's bio:
Jose Eduardo Castilla (born in Puebla, Mexico, 2000) is a director, screenwriter, and producer based in Mexico.
His debut short film, "Aguacuario," was selected for the Berlinale 2024 in the offical selection of the Generation Section.
Is co-founder of the production house "Persignados," which focuses on creating music videos and fiction projects.
Currently, he is specializing in film directing at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.

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