HERE AND THERE

AQUI Y ALLA

By Antonio MÉNDEZ ESPARZA

AQUI Y ALLI FILMS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2012

Pedro – husband, father, and musician – struggles to make a living in his village in Mexico while looking for work for his newly formed band.
As time goes by, things don't go as he hoped, and he desperately tries to make things work his way to avoid crossing the US border for the third time.

Festivals
& Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2012
Nespresso Grand Prize
Jerusalem FF 2012
Spirit of Freedom award
San Sebastian FF 2012
Horizontes Latinos
Vancouver IFF 2012
New York FF 2012
Main slate
FNC - Montréal 2012
Int'l Competition Best feature film award
Mumbai FF 2012
Best feature film award
Sao Paulo IFF 2012
New Directors Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • SPAIN, USA, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Antonio MÉNDEZ ESPARZA
    • Writer(s)
    • Antonio MÉNDEZ ESPARZA
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/1657-1947-AE0C-BEE7-8C7C-L
    • Producer(s)
    • Pedro HERNÁNDEZ SANTOS (AQUI Y ALLI FILMS), Tim HOBBS (TORCH FILMS), Ori DOV GRATCH (TORCH FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Pedro – husband, father, and musician – struggles to make a living in his village in Mexico while looking for work for his newly formed band, “Copa Kings”.
      As time goes by, things don’t go as he hoped, and he desperately tries to make things work his way to avoid crossing the US border for the third time.
      Aquí y Allá is a story about hope, and the memories and loss of what we leave behind.