Off The Road
México-USA / 78'/ 2020 / Documental / Digital
Un grupo de jóvenes músicos canta las hazañas de tres hombres que viven en la región más aislada del desierto de Baja California Sur. Mientras la “Baja 1000”, la carrera anual de autos todoterreno más grande del mundo, se lleva a cabo cruzando la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, estos hombres buscan una oportunidad para ser parte de ella y escapar de la aparente monotonía de sus pequeñas comunidades.
Visions du Réel, Switzerland (17 April – 2 May, 2020)
International Feature Film Competition Won: Interreligious Award
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, United States (9 – 17 October, 2020)
Official Selection
DOC NYC, United States (11 – 19 November, 2020)
Official Selection
Los Cabos International Film Festival, Mexico (11 – 19 November, 2020)
Competition
MIRA – The Latin American Independent Film Festival, Germany (12 – 15 November, 2020)
Opening Film
Zanata Mexican Documentary Film Festival, Mexico (16 – 21 November, 2020
Competition
Guadalajara International Film Festival in LA, United States (10 – 12 December, 2020)
Black Movie Festival, Switzerland (22 – 31 January, 2020)
Official Selection
Guion y Dirección José Permar
Productores Daniela Silva / José Luis Villanueva / Wendy Muñiz, Guillermo Zouain / Oz Rodríguez.
Reparto Rigoberto Castro Cosio / Manuel Davis Yee /Francisco Aguiar Gonzales / Daniela Castro Carballo / Armida Carballo
Tempo Documentary Festival, Sweden (8 – 14 March, 2021)
Music & Arts section
San Diego Latino Film Festival, United States (11 – 21 March, 2021)
Official Selection
Chiayi International Art Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan (12 – 28 March, 2021)
Official Selection
Atlanta Film Festival, United States (22 April – 2 May, 2021)
Official Selection Won: Best Cinematography
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, United States (30 May – 4 June, 2021)
Official Selection
Dock of The Bay Music Documentary Film Festival, Spain (7 – 12 June, 2021)
International Competition
Oak Cliff Film Festival, United States (24 – 27 June. 2021)
Official Selection
Athens International Film and Video Festival, United States (15 – 24 October, 2021)
Competition
“Mexican filmmaker José Permar takes a shoestring budget and makes an ingenious and cinematic western style documentary set in the bone dry beauty of Mexico’s largest desert region, The Baja. This is a story about a race, a group of musicians and a community clinging to both in order to survive.”
“Off the Road is not a documentary about an epic sport. It is, from beginning to end, a tale of the local heroes whose lives are unavoidably affected by Baja 1000.”