In “Casa del Migrante” in Huehutoca, a suburb of Mexico City, refugees find a safe abode. At least for two days. Then they must go on with their journey towards USA in freight train carriages, which everyone here just calls “La Bestia,” the beast.

Writer and Directed by Manuel Inacker

Producers: Karla Stöhr, Nicole Jatta Cinematographer: Falco Seliger
Edit: Laura Espinel
Sound: Sebastian Sánchez
Production Assistant: Julia Zechiel
Sound Editing: Darius
Shahidifar
Recording Engineer & Mixing: Sebastian Sánchez
Color Grading: Falco Seliger
Executive Producer: Anya Grünewald
Production Supervisor: Uli Kunz

PROJECT DETAILS

World Premiere: Dokfest München 2018
International Premiere: IDFA 2018
Year: 2018

Genre: Documentary Short

Length: 23:45 Min.

Countries: Mexico

FESTIVALS

Dokfest München 2018

Int. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2018

Erasmus+ Prize, FIPADOC Biarritz 2019 (France)

Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival 2019 (Germany)

Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival 2019 (Spain)

Freedom Prize of the City of Offenburg, SHORTS Offenburg 2019 (Germany)

Reading Jury Prize, SHORTS Offenburg 2019 (Germany)

Audience Award, SHORTS Offenburg 2019 (Germany)

Festival tolerancije - JFF Zagreb 2019 (Croatia)

Achtung Berlin - New Berlin Film Award 2019 (Germany)

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2019 (Germany)

Ambulante Colombia 2019 (Colombia)

Audience Award, filmreif! - Das Bundesfestival junger Film 2019 (Germany)

Prize for a Special Socially Relevant Film, filmreif! - Das Bundesfestival junger Film 2019 (Germany)

Hamburg Short Film Festival 2019 (Germany)

SHORTYNALE Film Festival Klosterneuburg 2019 (Austria)

Onion Seed Award, MakeDox 2019 (North Macedonia)

Oaxaca FilmFest 2019 (Mexico)

A Tribute To A Vision Film Festival 2019 (Italy/Slovenia)

Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" 2019 (Belarus)

Goa Short Film Festival 2019 (India)

DOKFENSTER KÖLN 2019 (Germany)

Best Student Documentary, Oslo Independent Film Festival 2019 (Norway)

Poitiers Film Festival 2019 (France)

CORTO DORICO Film Festival 2019 (Italy)

Best Short Documentary, Budapest Independent Film Festival 2020 (Hungary)