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World Cinema Dramatic Competition

The Huntress (La Cazadora)

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Mexico/United States202691 minSpanish
Huntress (La Cazadora)

In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.

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In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.

Writer-director Suzanne Andrews Correa, an award-winning Sundance Film Festival shorts alum, returns to the Festival with a harrowing portrait of one woman pushed to extremes by an oppressive culture of violence, intimidation, and silence. Adriana Paz (Emilia Pérez) delivers a charged performance as Luz, a woman haunted by damage done to herself, her co-workers, and friends, who is desperate to protect her teenage daughter.

Correa’s electric direction and Maria Sarasvati Herrera’s disorienting cinematography reinforce Luz’s constant, propulsive fear and evoke a sense of the stalking dangers that surround her as she carries out her transgressive acts of defiance. Veteran actor Teresa Sánchez adds texture and nuance as Ximena, who leads the search for the disappeared and murdered, offering her own hard-fought resistance to the stifling, violent misogyny that envelopes their community. — HZ

This film contains mature content and is not recommended for audiences 17 and under.

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).

World Cinema Dramatic CompetitionFirst-Time FeaturesNon-English LanguageAll FeaturesInternationalAction/AdventureDramaFictionEnglish SubtitlesEnglish SDH SubtitlesU.S. Only- less

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Suzanne Andrews Correa

  • Screenwriter

    Suzanne Andrews Correa

  • Producers

    Gabriela Maire

    Edher Campos

    Mynette Louie

  • Executive Producers

    Adriana Paz

    Fabiola Velázquez

    Amaury Vergara Zatarain

    Luis Rosales

  • Director of Photography

    Maria Sarasvati Herrera

  • Editor

    Gilberto González Penilla

  • Production Designer

    Francisco Blanc

  • Composer

    Tomás Barreiro

  • Sound Design

    Alejandro de Icaza

  • Principal Cast

    Adriana Paz

    Teresa Sánchez

    Jennifer Trejo

    Eme Malafe

    Guillermo Alonso

  • Company

    Zafiro Cinema

  • Contact

    Gabriela Maire

    cazadorafilm@gmail.com

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Suzanne Andrews Correa

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Suzanne Andrews Correa is a Mexican American filmmaker whose credits include the Paramount+ series 15 a la Hora and Green, which won the Short Film Jury Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. They have been supported by Sundance Institute, SFFILM, Princess Grace Foundation-USA, and the Directors Guild of America, and they hold an MFA in directing from Columbia University.

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