In Freedom

Directed by Jorge Sistos Moreno

Length: 20:00
Producers: Alex Bendo, Lexi Preiser, Mariano Dongo, Cary Mason
Editors: Luis Alvarez y Alvarez, Jorge Sistos Moreno
Cinematographer: Mélanie Akoka
Sound Mixer: Arturo Salazar

An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete disarray.

Graduate Film

jsm708@nyu.edu

Jorge Sistos Moreno is a Mexican writer / director from Morelia, México. He is a proud alumnus of the Graduate Film MFA program at NYU. He studied Philosophy at UMICH and has been a fellow of FONCA, Jumex Contemporary Art Promotion, and several prestigious film fund awards. Sistos Moreno is currently developing his debut feature film La Ausencia, which was accepted at the NEXT STEP 2022 Cannes Critic's week workshop.

His work revolves around the mysticism of the Mexican province, magical realism, and the horror genre. Jorge’s films have been screened at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique, Morelia, Olhar de Cinema, and Fantasia. He was recently featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s renowned annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2022, and this year he is among the 10 international directors accepted with their projects at the Script Station of the Berlinale Talents 2023.