NIGHT OF THE COYOTES
(NACHT DER KOJOTEN)
Feature documentary
Austria/Germany
2024
82 minutes
A small indigenous Mexican village is slowly turning into a ghost town as many of its inhabitants emigrate. To survive this, they start simulating an experience they all know: crossing the border to the US illegally. The residents of the village slip into the roles of border guards, human traffickers and drug smugglers to reenact the crossing for paying tourists so they can put themselves into the position of a migrant for one night. A story of empowerment or a village stuck in the loop of their traumatic experiences?
Feature documentary
Austria/Germany
2024
82 minutes
A small indigenous Mexican village is slowly turning into a ghost town as many of its inhabitants emigrate. To survive this, they start simulating an experience they all know: crossing the border to the US illegally. The residents of the village slip into the roles of border guards, human traffickers and drug smugglers to reenact the crossing for paying tourists so they can put themselves into the position of a migrant for one night. A story of empowerment or a village stuck in the loop of their traumatic experiences?
CREDITS
Written & directed by: Clara Trischler
Cinematography: Miriam Ortiz Guzmán
Editing and dramaturgy: Marielle Pohlmann
Sound recording: Baruch Arias
Sound design and mixing: Tilman Eberle
Original score: Anna Ljungberg
Additional song: David Terranova
Color grading and mastering: Dimitri Aschwanden
Producers: Florian Brüning, Thomas Herberth
Production coordinators: Linda Hartogs, Rebecca Fuxen
Line producer Filmuniversität: Andrea Wohlfeil
Set producer Mexico: Clara Marin
Commissioning editor: Rolf Bergmann
World sales: Utopia Docs
Written & directed by: Clara Trischler
Cinematography: Miriam Ortiz Guzmán
Editing and dramaturgy: Marielle Pohlmann
Sound recording: Baruch Arias
Sound design and mixing: Tilman Eberle
Original score: Anna Ljungberg
Additional song: David Terranova
Color grading and mastering: Dimitri Aschwanden
Producers: Florian Brüning, Thomas Herberth
Production coordinators: Linda Hartogs, Rebecca Fuxen
Line producer Filmuniversität: Andrea Wohlfeil
Set producer Mexico: Clara Marin
Commissioning editor: Rolf Bergmann
World sales: Utopia Docs
SUPPORTED BY
Bundesministerum für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport (Austrian Culture Ministry)
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Land Niederösterreich
Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung
Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Comeback - Zuschuss für Film- und TV-Produktionen
ScriptLab docu (Drehbuchforum Wien)
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A co-production with Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Bundesministerum für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport (Austrian Culture Ministry)
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Land Niederösterreich
Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung
Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Comeback - Zuschuss für Film- und TV-Produktionen
ScriptLab docu (Drehbuchforum Wien)
︎
A co-production with Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
FESTIVALS
Premiere: CPH:DOX Copenhagen Internat. Documentary FF (DK)
FIPRESCI Critics Award: ZagrebDox (HR)
Best Documentary Feature: New Berlin Film Award (DE)
Special Mention Global Docs: DocsMX Mexico City (MX)
Best Documentary Score: Diagonale. Festival of Austrian Film (AT)
Mumbai International Film Festival (IN)
Thin Line Fest. Texas (US)
DocsValencia (ES)
Margaret Mead Film Festival. New York (US)
Santiago del Estero Film Fest. Argentina (AR)
MDOC Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço (PT)
Anthropological Film Festival. Jerusalem (IL)
London Migration Film Festival (GB)
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis. Saarbrücken (DE)
Israeli Sociological Association Conference. Jerusalem (IL)
Muestra de Cine Documental. Burgos (ES)
TRAILER
AWARDS
Honorable mention "Global Docs": DocsMX • Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival 2024 Best Documentary Film Score: Diagonale 2024
Premiere: CPH:DOX Copenhagen Internat. Documentary FF (DK)
FIPRESCI Critics Award: ZagrebDox (HR)
Best Documentary Feature: New Berlin Film Award (DE)
Special Mention Global Docs: DocsMX Mexico City (MX)
Best Documentary Score: Diagonale. Festival of Austrian Film (AT)
Mumbai International Film Festival (IN)
Thin Line Fest. Texas (US)
DocsValencia (ES)
Margaret Mead Film Festival. New York (US)
Santiago del Estero Film Fest. Argentina (AR)
MDOC Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço (PT)
Anthropological Film Festival. Jerusalem (IL)
London Migration Film Festival (GB)
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis. Saarbrücken (DE)
Israeli Sociological Association Conference. Jerusalem (IL)
Muestra de Cine Documental. Burgos (ES)
TRAILER
AWARDS
Honorable mention "Global Docs": DocsMX • Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival 2024 Best Documentary Film Score: Diagonale 2024