Country: Germany, Mexico
Year: 2021
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 93 mins.
Lo que queda en el camino is the story of Lilian and her four kids in search for a better life. She dares to leave her violent husband in Guatemala and joins the migrant caravan in order to make it to the Mexican-US border. Being a single mother, this is her only chance to make the dangerous way through Mexico.
Film presented with the kind support of the Goethe Institute Mexico and the German Consulate in León.
DIRECTOR
Jakob Krese, Danilo Do Carmo
Jakob Krese grew up between former Yugoslavia and Germany. For several years he worked for human rights NGOs in Central America. He freelanced as photographer and author for radio feature productions. Jakob studied cinematography and directing at the Filmuniversity Konrad Wolf in Berlin, Germany, at the University of fine Arts in Havana, Cuba and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Since 2016, Jakob has worked as producer and director of creative documentaries. He is co-author and producer of the project “THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER” which got the Tribeca development fund and is about to be released. His short documentary “LA ESPERA” premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and has been selected by numerous film festivals world wide (i.a. DocAviv, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Asiana International Film Festival, Message to Men). In 2019 he co-founded the production company Majmun Films. Danilo do Carmo (Co-Director) Danilo DO CARMO grew up in the South of Brazil. He was studying Dramatic Arts and Philosophy when he rediscovered his love for film, so he decided to study Cinematography and Editing at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and the KONRAD WOLF film university, Germany. While at university, he shot his first short films as cinematographer, including Bird Boy (2018), which received the award for best picture at the Curta Cinema Festival in Rio de Janeiro. La Espera, his directorial debut together with co-director Jakob Krese, has been screened at festivals world wide.
Director:
Jakob Krese, Danilo Do Carmo
Cinematography:
Arne Buettner.
Production:
Annika Mayer, Bruna Epiphanio.
Screenplay:
Jakob Krese.
Editing:
Sofía Machado.
contacto: annika@majmunfilms.com
Screenings
León
20.9.2021
20:15 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Mateo Herrera 
San Miguel de Allende
23.9.2021
18:00 (Horario CST)
Teatro Ángela Peralta
Irapuato
25.9.2021
20:00 (Horario CST)
Cinema Picnic | Parque Irekua