The most awaited world premiere of the film “Corazón del Tiempo” (Heart of Time) by the renown Mexican film and TV director Alberto Cortés (”Amor a la vuelta de la esquina”, “Quinceañera” and “Corazón Salvaje”) will take place at the upcoming 56 San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18 to 27).

“Corazón del tiempo” - which was filmed entirely in natural scenaries of the state of Chiapas- is one of the 14 films in the “Horizontes Latinos” section, competing for the 35,000 Euro Horizontes Award.

It’s been fifteen years since the rebel uprising through which the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) made its international debut under the leadership of Subcomandante Marcos. A social transformation of unprecendented dimensions has been occurring within Zapatista territory, among innumerable displays of political ingenuity and social imagination by these modern Mayas that compose the Zapatista communities.

In the director’s own words: “Corazón del Tiempo is a film rural and indigenous at heart. Truly a window to this (Zapatista) world. For the first time these free men and women allow us to see them as they really are, showing us that times the southeastern Mexican mountains are now very different…”

For additional information, check out the film Blog
Film’s screening schedule in San Sebastian in our Festival section