Archives - Program 2020
Competition - Creative documentary
Midnight Family
By Luke Lorentzen
When the State no longer fulfils its duty, someone has to cover its shift. In Mexico City, where there are only nine official ambulances, the cheerful Ochoa family roams the city's streets every night, listening to police radio signals to pick up the injured in their makeshift van. Whiz kid Luke Lorentzen captures all the ambiguities of a system where morality flirts with cynicism, in the glow of the flashing lights. The film has won nearly 40 awards worldwide.
Section Competition - Creative documentary
- Director(s)
- Luke Lorentzen
Producers
- Kellen Quinn
- Luke Lorentzen
Distributor
- Outside The Box
- Duration
- 81'
- Year
- 2019
Friday 6 March
21:15
Grütli - Salle Simon
Q&A with the filmmaker Luke Lorentzen via video
Saturday 14 March
16:15
Grütli - Salle Simon
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