Synopsis
When she learns that her family home is being sold, Alma, an unwavering young girl, defies all logic and odds to protect the memory of her late mother.
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Synopsis
When she learns that her family home is being sold, Alma, an unwavering young girl, defies all logic and odds to protect the memory of her late mother.
Director Biography – Cris GrisCris Gris holds an MFA in directing and screenwriting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her films have screened internationally in festivals including La Semaine de la Critique, Festival de Cannes. She’s known for moving between acting, writing and directing and landed her first leading role in the feature independent drama Fish Bones. Gris’ music videos have been nominated by MTV Latin America for Video of the Year. Her short San Miguel received the Spike Lee Film Production Fund, the HFPA Fellows Fund, and was named a 2019 NBR student grant winner. Her latest short, Pia & Mike premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival. Gris is also a directing fellow for the 2020 Film Independent program Project Involve and is currently developing her first feature film and a television show.
A recurrent theme in my work is personal relationships. Specifically the unresolved conflicts between family members. I found the relationship and roles that our characters in “Alma” take in this family are authentic and personal to me. I immediately connected to it.
With Paz, I’m looking to explore why many of us seek to differentiate ourselves from our ancestors, however, no matter how much independence is achieved, the affection remains, and the psychological and biological bonds remain unbreakable. And with Alma and Rocio, I look to dismantle, through emphasis on moments of confrontation and liminal transitions, the supposed roles within conventional family structures.
Despite having nostalgic and melancholic tones, I consider that my work is rather focused on a positive attitude and the search for harmony within the multiple worlds where it exists.
