What We Leave Behind
- Logline
- After a lifetime of bus rides to the US to visit his children, Julián quietly starts building a house in rural Mexico. In filming his work, his granddaughter crafts a personal and poetic love letter to him and his homeland.
- Talent
- Isidore Bethel
- Role of participant
- Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
- Director
- Iliana Sosa
- Producer
- Emma D. Miller
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2022
- Running time
- 71 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Countries of Production
- Mexico , United States
- Production Companies
- Borderchild Productions, Marcona Media
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Festivals and Awards
- The New York Times Critic’s Pick, The Gotham Awards Best Documentary Nominee, SXSW Louis Black “Lone Star” Award, SXSW Fandor New Voices Award, Cinema Tropical Awards Best US Latinx Film Nomination
- First Look (Museum of the Moving Image), Full Frame, Camden IFF, Morelia IFF, Guanajuato IFF, AFI Latin American FF
- First Look (Museum of the Moving Image), Full Frame, Camden IFF, Morelia IFF, Guanajuato IFF, AFI Latin American FF