YA NO ESTOY AQUI / I’M NO LONGER HERE

Written, Produced and Directed by Fernando Frias de la Parra

Produced by Alberto Muffelmann, Fernando Frias de la Parra, Gerry Kim and Gerardo Gatica

Director of Photography Damian Garcia

Edited by Yibrán Asuad and Fernando Frias de la Parra

In the mountains of Monterrey, Mexico, a small street gang named "Los Terkos" spend their days listening to slowed down cumbia music and attending dance parties, showing off their outfits, hairstyles and gang alliances. These different bands of disaffected youth refer to themselves as Kolombianos, combining the Cholo culture with Colombian music. Ulises Samperio (17), the leader of Los Terkos, tries to protect his friends from the nefarious elements of a quickly evolving drug/political war, but after a misunderstanding with a local cartel, he is forced to leave for Jackson Heights, Queens, a diverse immigrant community in New York City. Ulises tries to assimilate, but when he learns that his gang and the whole Kolombia culture is under threat, he questions his place in America and longs to return home.

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Winner of 10 Ariel Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay

Mexico’s Official Selection for the 2021 Academy Awards / Shortlisted for Best International Film

2020 Tribeca Film Festival

2019 Morelia International Film Festival

WINNER Best Film

WINNER Audience Award

2019 Mar Del Plata International Film Festival

2019 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2019 Cairo International Film Festival

WINNER Best Film, Golden Pyramid

WINNER Best Actor, Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño

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