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Enséñame Como Morir
Show Me How to Die — a Mexican-American story of grief and the otherworld.
Director
Recognition
LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship
For Buyers, Programmers & Educators
Trailer
Logline
After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.
A LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship project, ENSEÑAME COMO MORIR weaves magical realism and speculative drama into a luminous reckoning with mortality, family, and Mexican-American identity. Gerardo Maravilla directs with painterly restraint, locating the supernatural in the ordinary rooms where grief most often lives.
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Posters, key art & production stills.
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Recognition
Festivals & Awards
Awards
- Winner — Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
Official Selections
- New York Latino Film Festival
- Comic-Con International: San Diego
- BOGOSHORTS
- San Diego Latino Film Festival
- Houston Latino Film Festival
- Phoenix Film Festival
- Bakunawa Fest
- Winter Film Festival NYC
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival
- Indy Film Fest
- Sunscreen Film Festival
- Chicano Hollywood Film Festival
Audience Profile
Built for these rooms.
Identifying the audiences for whom this film will land hardest — the rooms, classrooms, communities, and partners we actively program toward.
- Latinx communities
- Genre audiences
- Educational institutions
- Art-house audiences
- Cultural organizations
Educational Value
- ◆Latinx studies and Mexican-American literature curricula
- ◆Genre studies courses on magical realism and speculative film
- ◆Grief, ritual, and end-of-life programs
- ◆Community film series and cultural-institution partnerships
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Press
Selected coverage.
"An aching, beautiful invocation."
"Maravilla makes the spirit world feel like home."
