A run down construction-machine factory in Mexico City: Maquinaria Panamericana. The employees are happily winding down for the weekend, just like every Friday, except that this day a shocking event breaks their routine: their beloved boss, Don Alejandro, is found dead in the back of a warehouse. Soon this discovery leads to further ones: the company is bankrupt, the workforce have no prospects of employment elsewhere and no hope for any retirement funds. In a state of confusion, fear and grief they decide to hide his death and lock themselves in their dusty workplace to play out an improbable solution.
- Ariel Awards – Silver Ariel – Best Screenplay
- Berlin Film Festival – Forum
- Guadalajara International Film Festival – Official Selection – Mezcal Award - Best Mexican Film, FIPRESCI Prize
- Tucuman Film Festival – Official Selection – Best First Film
- Leyva Film Festival – Official Selection – Best Film
- Guanajuato International Film Festival – Official Selection – Best Feature
- Torino Film Festival – Official Selection – Special Mention
Joaquín del Paso was born in Mexico City in 1986. He completed courses in Film Directing and Scriptwriting at the International Film School in Cuba (EICTV). Afterwards he moved to Poland to study at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, from which he graduated with a Master in Arts degree. Joaquín lives now in Mexico City, he is the co-founder of Amondo Films, a film collective based in Warsaw, Delhi and Mexico City. He works as well as a cinematographer for fiction and documentary films and has received awards and nominations for his work behind the camera.
- The Hole in the fence – 2021
- Panamerican Machinery – 2016
- Syjamski / Siamese – 2013 – Short film
- Dream of San Juan – 2012 – Documentary film, Co-directed
- Czarna Góra – 2009 – Short film
- The absolute truth of Thomas Schviefel – 2008 – Short film, Co-directed
- Dialogue about an image – 2007 – Short film, Co-directed
Javier Zaragoza
Ramiro Orozco
Irene Ramirez
Edmundo Mosqueira
Delfino López
Cecilia Garcia
Cesar Panini
Javier Camacho
Israel Ruiz
Regina DuPacci
Screenwriter: Joaquín Del Paso & Lucy Pawlak
DOP: Fredrik Olsson
Editor: Raúl Barreras
Production Design: Lucy Pawlak, Paulina Sanchez
Costume Design: Yupanqui Ramos
Make-up: Antoine del Toro
Sound: Santiago Arroyo
Sound Design: Santiago Arroyo, Santiago de la Paz
Executive Producer: Jaime Romandía
Producers: Joaquín Del Paso, Susana Bernal
Production Companies: Amondo Films America, Black María, Mantarraya
Coproduction Companies: Terminal Films, Instituto Mexicano de cinematografía, Amondo Films Europe, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, The Polish National Film School in Lodz
World Sales: Luxbox
