Seeds, the legacy of the land

Production crew

  • Director: Fernando Valencia.

  • Assistant Director: Sergio Ruiz Velasco.

  • Producer: Cristobal Camarena.

  • Production assistants: Erika Jiménez, Luis Adrián Real y Noé Antón Sánchez.

  • Screenwriter: Santiago Villalobos.

  • Executive Producer: Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE)

  • Cinematographer: Santiago Villalobos.

  • Additional camera: Édgar Fernández Ávalos, Daniel González y Víctor González.

  • Sound recording: Luis Eduardo Luna, Juan Pablo Hernández, David Sierra Camarena y Pedro Peña Flores.

  • Postproduction coordination: Nicolenka Beltran.

  • Editor: Nicolenka Beltran.

  • Color grading: Santiago Pedroche.

  • Sound design and mixing: Mario Martinez Cobos.

  • Original score: Tonalli Magaña Guzmán

  • Additional score: Mario Martinez Cobos.

Awards:

  • Best documentary on the nature and conservancy categoray at the “XII Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces” / November  2022 / Mexico City. 

  • Best directing on the Documentary short film category at Tamatan Mexican Cinema Film Festival / November  2022 / Cd. Victoria, Mexico.

  • Honorable mention “Award for the preservation of intangible heritage” at ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival /June 2022 / Villa de los Santos, Panama.

  • Best Green Short nominee at the Green Film Network Awards 2022 / October 2022 / Innsbruck, Austria.

Festivales:

  • 2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Missoula, Montana (US).

  • 2022 Taxco International Film Festival. Taxco, Guerrero (Mex).

  • 2022 Tequila International Film Festival. Tequila, Jalisco (Mex).

  • 2022 Mountainfilm Festival. Telluride, Colorado (US).

  • 2022 ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival. La Villa de los Santos, Panamá (Pan).

  • 2022 Festival de Cine Oro Negro. Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Mex). 

  • 2022 Rural Film Fest. Elche, España.

  • 2022 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gibara. Gibara, Holguin (Cuba).

  • 2022 Shorts Mexico 17. Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2022 VII MUNIC Muestra Nacional de Imágenes Científicas. Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2022 XII Festival De Cine Verde De Barichara FESTIVER. Barichara, Santander (Colombia).

  • 2022 VII Ecuador Ethnographic Film Festival. Quito, Ecuador.

  • 2022 New York Latino Film Festival. New York, New York (US).

  • 2022 Cinema Planeta. Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2022 Tamatán Mexican Cinema Film Festival. Cd. Victoria, Mexico.

  • 2022 SUNCINE Festival Internacional del Cine de Medio Ambiente. Barcelona, Spain.

  • 2022 XII Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces. Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2022 NewFilmmakersLA Docu Slate. Los Angeles, California (US).

  • 2022 Ruta Maya Film Fest. Campeche, Mexico.

  • 2022 Miami Short Film Festival (Semi Finalist). Miami, Florida (US).

  • 2023 47 Cleveland International Film Festival FilmSlam. Cleveland, Ohio (US).

  • 2023 XII FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen. Hidalgo, Mexico.

  • 2023 FICCterra Festival Itinerante de Cine Comunitario de la Tierra. Veracruz, Mexico.

  • 2023 Cine de las Yungas Film Festival. Tucumán, Argentina.

  • 2023 Rodando Film Festival. San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí (Mexico).

  • 2023 Puerto Madryn International Film Festival (MAFICI). Puerto Madryn, Argentina.

  • 2024 Festival Circuito Cimena de Penedo, Brasil. Penedo, Brazil.

Community Film Screenings:

  • 2022 Junio con Ambiente at Jardín de las Esculturas, University of Veracruz. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

  • 2022 Community film workshop by Espora Media. Matasanos Village, Jaltenango de la Paz, Chiapas, Mexico.  

  • “Semillas en resistencia” (Seeds in resistance) ECASODETTE Retreat organized by The Mexican Institute for Community Development (IMDEC). Chiloljá Village, San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas, Mexico.

  • 2022 National Maize Day. Villa de Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.

  • 2022 National Maize Day 2022 at CENCALLI Maize Museum. Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2023 “El maíz en el cine” Cinema Online Screening organized by the Secretary of Foreign Relations. Global.

  • 2022 Taqueria Tacombi & Tortilleria Vista Hermosa / Brooklyn, New York (US).

  • 2022 Dutchess Community College “Hispanic Heritage Month”. Poughkeepsie, New York (US).

  • 2023 National Autonomous University of Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

  • 2023 “Territorios, Resistencias y Alternativas” Film Series. Mexico & US.

  • 2023 Tour Transvolcánico Huerto Cinema. Jalisco and Colima, Mexico.

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