15th International Film Festival in Puerto Vallarta

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- The 15th International Film Festival in Puerto Vallarta (FICPV) ended with an exceptional closing at Mantamar Beach Club on Friday March 20 of this year. The diversity section of the festival, presented by the Agave Award, projected the documental "Made in Bangkok", in the presence of Morganna, opera singer and one of the protagonist of the documental, Flavio Florencio, film director and Noa, interpreter. The documentary was also screened, on the same, day at the Auditorium "Dr. Juan Luis Cifuentes Lemus" of the University de la Costa (CUCosta) Center.

The director explained that his documentary aims to avoid 'bullying' and to allow people to get to know a transsexual woman without prejudice. The film also aims to raise awareness on the matter and to make the audience reflect and understand people that surround us.

The idea of the documentary came up when Flavio came to live in Mexico and started going to bars where he met a variety of travesties that mimicked Mexican personalities. He loved the shows he was seeing. He started to wonder what these travesties did during the day, where they worked when they were not in the cantinas, and why they were not seen during the day. "I wanted to know what was behind that make up, sparkles, lights and colors," explains Florencio. He decided to get to know them. He started talking to them asking questions, looking for them during the day and interviewing them in order to come up with a universal story that could depict their shame in order to break stigma. That is how he met Morganna. She sang in one of the bars.

Through his documentary, Flavio shows what is behind the show, "overnight you are idolized, people make you feel divine, you are a beautiful someone; but during the day you are rejected, they do not employ you, you are discriminated and you verbally assaulted". He wanted to tell Morganna story to sensitize and to humanize the issue of transgender women.

"What hurts me more is the ignorance in people, and it is a very strong ignorance. People who discriminate against us and that assaults us do so intentionally", underlines Morganna. Morgana agreed to have a cameramen following her for three consecutive years, to let people see how they live and what they do, and to change the ideas and concepts that people have about transsexual persons, "it is necessary that people learn that we are human been also".

Noa was very supportive to Morganna. He describes his friend as an admirable woman of exemplary character and soul. "People say they tolerate certain things about us, but there still is a great degree of hypocrisy in this world", says Noa.

"I am much honored to have the documental shown at the closing of the film festival, and happy to be with the protagonists of the film. I am sure people are going to fall in love with them.” said the director. Moraganna and Noa also expressed their gratitude towards the FICPV, the agave Award and Puerto Vallarta. At the end of the screening, Morganna surprised the audience with a beautiful and emotional concert, "singing has been my lifesaver in the deep waters of transsexuals".

They advised the audience to live in freedom, to be happy and to always do what makes them feel fulfill and happy.

Morganna is a soprano transgender; determine to fight decisively against family prejudice and social stigma. Determine also to live a normal life, and be recognized by society. That’s why she works behind make ups, lights and shadows, trying to build her identity. An identity she has pursued all her life: an identity made in Bangkog.

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