BLACK SHINE / EL BRILLO NEGRO (Director, Producer & Screenwriter - 2026; Coahuila, MX)
Twenty years after an explosion at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico, buried 65 miners, their families still refuse to forget those who remain underground. Through Martín, who has finally recovered his brother, and Elvira, who is still waiting for her husband, grief and patience become forms of resistance. Set in the Región Carbonífera, the film explores how the consequences of coal extraction continue to shape the fate of these communities, as the threat of fracking looms over the region. Rooted in a tragedy deeply intertwined with the climate crisis, their struggle carries a demand as simple as it is profound: “Let coal remain below, and the bodies come back up.”
Official Selection @ Morelia International FF
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