Director
Trisha Ziff
Year
2021
Length
84’
Country of Production
México
Production
212 Berlin
In collaboration with
Faction Films
Supportf rom
EFICINE
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Sundance Institute
Executive Producers
Lawrence Davin
Alejandro Springall
Sylvia Stevens
Associate Producers
Daniela Alatorre
Elena Fortes
Producers
Andrew Houchens
Isabel del Río
Co-Producers
Hugo Villa Smythe
Alan Suárez
Cinematography
Felipe Pérez Burchard
Mario García Joya
Editor
Jorge Márquez
Original Music
Jacobo Lieberman
Andrés Sánchez Maher
Sound Design
Pablo Lach
Direct Sound
Percival Agüero
Cristina Esquerra
Post-Producer
Fernando Maganda
Distribution
212Berlin Films, Artegios
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Festivals & Awards
- New York Latino Film Festival 2021. Best Documentary
- Premios Ariel 2022: 2 Nominations: Best Documentary. Best Original Score
- Festival Internacional de Morelia 2021
- AFI Latin American Film Festival – Silver Theater and Cultural Center 2021. Special Presentation
- Festival Cine Las Americas 2021
- Premios Canacine 2023: Best Original Movie
Synopsis
An intimate portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family in California, Oaxacalifornia: The Return revisits the Mejía family twenty-five years after they were first portrayed negotiating their place in a new environment, digging deep into the complexities of multigenerational immigrant identities and the nuances of both belonging and otherness to become a moving epic about the fabric of this nation.