Madre Mía
Directed by Mónica G. Carter
Written by Ambika Subra
Synopsis:An unemployed recluse, Miguel (56) is trapped in a toxic, codependent spiral with his dying mother, La Madre. As her dementia worsens, she begins wandering outside at night—naked, frail, her large, bald head eerily luminous in the moonlight.
When an alien sighting in Tampico ignites a media frenzy, Miguel seizes an idea: he can photograph his mother as an extraterrestrial and sell the images to pay for her medication. But as the photos go viral, his exploitation deepens, blurring the line between caregiver and opportunist, between devotion and the addictive pull of validation.
Madre Mía explores the hunger for recognition and the razor-thin boundary between human and alien.
Madre Mia goes "off-the-screen" with interactive community engagement before and after the film.
Playeras
In collaboration with Tampico artists, Madre Mia will becomes a line of t-shirts. Available for sale in markets, online platforms, and stores, the shirts will be featured in the film as well as in real life.
AI-News Channel
Within the film, the news segments are ai-generated, bridging fiction with reality. Tocaya will be hosting educational workshops with local collectives and universities in using video generation, inviting them to submit their own "alien sighting" generations to be features on our weekly news channel segment.