In Times of Rain
(orig. Tiempo de lluvia)
Dir. Itandehui Jansen
Synopsis
Soledad, a traditional healer, lives with her grandson Jose in an Indigenous Village. Soledad's daughter, Adela, moved to Mexico City many years ago and now wants Jose to join her, but Soledad believes the boy is better off in the village.
Starring
Ángeles Cruz, Alejandra Herrera, Nukahanu Jansen, Harold Torres, Myriam Bravo, Pedro Hernández, Noé Hernández, Baltimore Beltrán
Written
Armando Bautista
DP
Iwao Kawasaki
Production Companies
Fidelio Films, Lista Calista Films
Year
2018
Producers
Mauro Mueller, David Figueroa García, Armando Bautista, Laura Pino
“The rain is more than weather—it is metaphor and memory, healing and rupture; the Mixtec people call themselves ‘People of the Rain,’ and water anchors both narrative and spiritual identity.”
— Itandehui Jansen
Festivals
2025 Durango International Film Festival (DIFF), USA – Native Cinema showcase
2025 Ely Film Festival, Minnesota, USA
2025 Birrarangga Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Irish Film Institute / Trinity College Dublin Q&A screening, Dublin, Ireland
2024 Arizona International Film Festival, USA
2024 Edinburgh Folk Film Festival, UK
2024 Panoptic Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2023 St Andrews Film Studies screening + roundtable, St Andrews, UK
2019 Watsonville Film Festival, USA
2019 Birrarangga Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Folk Film Gathering, USA
2019 Bechdel Film Festival, USA
2019 Muestra de Cine + Video Indígena, Spain
2019 Feria Internacional de Cine Manizales, Colombia
2019 World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Sydney Latin American Film Festival, Australia
2019 CineMas, Mexico
2020 Providence Latin American Film Festival, USA
2020 Festival de Cine Arica Nativa, Chile
2020 Rodando Film Festival, Mexico
2020 New York African Diaspora International Film Festival, USA
2018 Festival MIRA, Bonn, Germany
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine de Chihuahua, Mexico
2018 Red Nation Film Festival – Native Cinema, Los Angeles, USA
2018 Lakino – Latin American Media & Arts Berlin, Germany
2018 Cine Vivo, Perth Independent Latino Film Festival, Australia
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine Chihuahua, Official Selection, Mexico
2018 Red Nation Film Festival – Native Cinema, Los Angeles, USA
2018 Festival MIRA, Bonn, Germany
2018 ImagineNative Indigenous Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada
2018 Seattle Latino Film Festival, USA
2018 Oaxaca FilmFest, “Emergence” competition, Mexico – Won Best Emerging Feature Film
2018 Muestra Semana de Cine Mexicano en tu Ciudad, Oaxaca, Mexico
2018 Muestra Semana de Cine Mexicano en tu Ciudad, Pachuca, Mexico
2018 Guanajuato International Film Festival, National Competition, Mexico