OUR BODY IS AN EXPANDING STAR
(NUESTRO CUERPO ES UNA ESTRELLA QUE SE EXPANDE)
Semillites and Tania, two queer siblings bound by a powerful friendship, journey through the brown terrain of their own bodies - lands they once rejected. They traverse landscapes of skin, dreams and viscera, crossing into places that pulse with their ancestors’ memory and, along the way, encounter a constellation of flowers, grasshoppers and fossils. Through collage, animation, manifesto, dance and documentary intimacy, the film moves across scales of body and territory, reimagining identity beyond Mexico’s colonial narratives.
MÉXICO / DOCUMENTARY / 4K-16MM / 83’ / 2025
Co-directed by Tania Hernández Velasco and Semillites Hernández Velasco
Produced by Viana González and Tania Hernández Velasco
In collaboration with the Hernández Velasco family
Film supported by IMCINE-FOCINE (2021) and the William Greaves Firelight Media Fund (2021). Produced by unahojacae & Autonauta, in coproduction with Estudios Churubusco Azteca.
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DIRECTORS’ PORTRAITS SEMILLITES / TANIA
- IDFA: Envision Competition (Amsterdam, November 2025)
- Festival D’A: Talents Competition (Barcelona, March 2026)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara: Mezcal Competition, Maguey Competition (Guadalajara, México - April 2026) - SPECIAL JURY MENTION MAGUEY PRIZE
- Festival Punto de Vista: Official Competition (Pamplona, Spain - April, 2026)
- Semana del Cine Mexicano en Madrid (Madrid, Spain - June, 2026)
- ZINEGOAK Bilbao: Documentary Competition (Bilbao, Spain - June, 2026)
Selected by Documentary Pitching @ DocMontevideo 2023 (winner of IDFA’s Spotlight Award, DokLeipzig Award and MiradasDoc Award).
Selected at Arca Lab 2024 (winner of Cine Matriz Award).