DE NADIE

Maria Ponce is among the thousands of Central American immigrants who cross Mexico every year in an attempt to find a better life in the United States. Forced to leave her four children and sick husband in Honduras, she embarks upon a dangerous 1300 mile journey, where her dreams soon turn into nightmares.

First time filmmaker Tin Dirdamal's award winning documentary gives voice to the countless refugees, like Maria, who suffer injustice and violence at the hands of the Mexican police, gangs, and railroad workers. Without taking a political stance, the film exposes the intolerance of Mexican society and the United States border crisis.

"I became a filmmaker by accident. I worked at an immigrant project as a volunteer in the south of Mexico. I started hearing and seeing terrible injustices committed to Central American immigrants in Mexico, in their attempt to get into the United States. It was then that for the first time in my life I took a camera in my hands and did this movie." Tin Dirdamal

Awards: Best Opera Prima Mexicana, Guadalajara 2005; Best Film, Monterrey 2005; World Cinema Audience Award, Sundance 2006