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The Untold Stories (Mexican animation tribute)

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Discover the committed Mexican animation that provides a voice to those who have been forgotten.

In a tribute to Mexico, José Iñesta has teamed up with seven renowned Mexican animation professionals: Sofía Carrillo, Ana Cruz, Lucía Cavalchini, Tania de León Young, Lourdes Villagómez, Christian Bermejo and Jordi Iñesta. Together, they have carefully concocted nine programmes comprising 88 short films, offering Annecy festivalgoers an enthralling plunge into the richness of this multifaceted culture.

Social criticism, desapariciones (missing persons), gender violence and popular unrest are ever present in Mexico. Animation is the best medium to tell the stories of the unheard and fallen but never forgotten. Activism and the documentation of the political history of Mexico has been the main subject and motivation for Mexican directors through our history that defines the story of the country. The reflection on the social violence and politics that in recent decades have broken communities and the daily life in different regions of Mexico. These films demonstrate the commitment and urgency of Mexican animation to tell the structural violence that the country is going through and that disrupts our bodies and lives.