Toshkua

Synopsis

Mary travels from Honduras to the United States looking for her son, a migrant kidnapped in Mexico. Francisco, the dean of the Pesh community, fights against the extinction of the tropical forest. Both struggle against disappearance.

Discussion guide

Festivals and Awards

2025

Official Selection:

  • Images Hispano Américaines- Annecy, Francia - 2025
2024

Awards:

  • Diosa de plata (Mexico). Best Documentary Award. Association of Film Journalists of Mexico.

Official Selection:

  • New York Film Festival of the Americas (USA)
  • Contra el Silencio todas las Voces (Mexico)
  • Resistimos Festival (Mexico)
  • Identified and Solidarity International Film Festival (Nikki, Benin)
  • Philadelphia Latin Arts Film Festival (USA)
  • MICMXIFF - Mexico City International Film Festival (Mexico)
  • Rencontres du cinéma d’Amerique Latine de Pessac (France)
2023

Awards:

  • Jury Prize - FIFAC Amazonie Caraïbes International Documentary Film Festival (French Guiana)

Official Selection:

  • Mezcal Award - Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (Mexico)
  • Doqumenta Querétaro (Mexico)
  • Ambulante Festival (Mexico)
  • Doctubre - DocsMX (Mexico)
  • Panoramic Latin American Film Festival (Sweden)
  • Indigenous Film + Video Showcase (Various Latin American countries)
  • International Migration Film Festival (UN-IOM) (Mexico)
  • Colombia Migrante Film Festival (Various countries)
  • Atlantidoc International Documentary Film Festival of Uruguay (Uruguay)
  • Zanate Festival (Mexico)
  • Contracorriente Fest (Honduras)
  • Miradas Medellín (Colombia)

The film has been invited to the following events during its development and post- production phases:

PRESS KIT

Technical Specifications

Year: 2022
Duration: 80’
Format: 4K - Color
Languages: Spanish - subs: English, French
Direction: Ludovic Bonleux
Editing: Pedro G. García
Production: Ludovic Bonleux, Darío Cicardi
Cinematography: Ernesto Pardo, Ludovic Bonleux
Mixing and sound design: Manuel Danoy
Music: Manuel Danoy
Starring: María Martínez, Francisco Hernández
Production companies: Cadalpiotz with the support of Imcine-Eficine, Bambú Audiovisual, Terminal, Sundance Documentary Film Fund, Région Occitanie, Les Films Figures Libres, Tequitqui