{"id":124104,"date":"2026-01-15T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/124104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:11:15","slug":"joaquin-del-pasos-berlin-title-the-garden-we-dreamed-to-m-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/124104\/","title":{"rendered":"Joaqu\u00edn del Paso’s Berlin Title ‘The Garden We Dreamed’ to M-Appeal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBerlin-based M-Appeal<\/a> will handle world sales on Joaqu\u00edn\u2019s del Paso\u2019s \u201cThe Garden We Dreamed,\u201d a lyrical portrait of family love and human resilience powered by a high-stakes drama set in Mexico\u2019s stunning Oyamel fir forest, home to myriad Monarch butterflies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA step-up for Del Paso, whose well-received 2021 thriller \u201cThe Hole in the Fence\u201d bowed at Venice Horizons, \u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d (\u201cEl Jard\u00edn Que So\u00f1amos\u201d) will world premiere next month at the Berlinale\u2019s Panorama major sidebar section, the Berlin Film Festival<\/a> announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d will be distributed in Mexico by Pimienta Films<\/a>, headed by \u201cRoma\u201d producer Nicol\u00e1s Celis.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tToplining Nehemie Bastien, who starred in the Cannes Festival\u2019s 2021 Un Certain Regard title \u201cFreda,\u201d \u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d turns on Esther and Junior (Faustin Pierre), a Haitian couple, who along with Esther\u2019s young daughters Flor and Aisha, are settled by a logging company in a remote mountainous forest. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d does not skirt the precariousness of Junior\u2019s job, as loggers and local villagers face off increasingly bitterly for their cut from the illegal decimation of the forest. The film\u2019s heart, however, is how the family, led by Esther, carve out in their little makeshift shack on a hill a powerful space of love as Del Paso celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the surrounding nature of Monarch butterflies which dazzle Flor and magnificent Oyamel trees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDel Paso on \u2018The Garden We Dreamed\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe film explores two migrations happening simultaneously: the Haitian exodus moving toward the U.S., and the Monarch butterflies traveling south from Canada in search of warmth,\u201d Del Paso told\u00a0Variety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThese stories converge in a forest where human greed puts everything at risk. My intention was to create a drama where the \u2018eternal magic\u2019 of the forest contrasts with a high-stakes reality. Like my previous work, it focuses on the \u2018collective\u2019\u2014in this case, a chosen family in extreme circumstances where every decision is\u00a0existential,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso written by Del Paso, \u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d stands out as a work of cinema, lensed with an ARRI Alexa 35 camera by Turkey\u2019s ace DP (and now director) G\u00f6khan Tiryaki, best known for his cinematography on Nuri Bilge Ceylan\u2019s Cannes Palme d\u2019Or winner \u201cWinter Sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a sign of where higher-end non-English language film is moving, Del Paso captures bird song \u2013 the calls of the\u00a0West Mexican Chachalaca\u00a0and the\u00a0Mexican Goldfinch (Jilguero), layered with the rhythmic drone of high-altitude insects \u2013 in an extraordinary two-and-a-half minute opening shot circling the forest at dawn before picking up on two approaching lorries, which feel like monstrous intruders in a garden of Eden.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is a sonic tapestry meant to ground the viewer in the beauty of what is being eroded, creating a sharp, unsettling contrast with the encroaching sound of the loggers\u2019\u00a0trucks,\u201d Del Paso commented.<\/p>\n

\n\tSound was designed and layered using Dolby Atmos at Carlos Reygadas and Natalia L\u00f3pez\u2019s Splendor Omnia post-production studios in a push for \u201csensory realism,\u201d Del Paso added. \u201cBy focusing on the quiet dignity of the family\u2019s struggle rather than melodrama, and using strong cinematic language to express what the characters are living (instead of a documentary-like approach), I hope to offer a portrait of resilience that challenges what audiences expect,\u201d he told\u00a0Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\tM-Appeal\u2019s Maren Kroymann and Pimienta Films\u2019 Nicol\u00e1s Celis on \u2018The Garden We Dreamed\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018The Garden We Dreamed\u2019 transforms global realities into a profoundly intimate and universally relatable story,\u201d said M-Appeal CEO Kroymann. \u201cMore than a film, it\u2019s a captivating cinematic experience \u2013 visually elevated by G\u00f6khan Tiryaki\u2019s extraordinary eye, through emotional performances and made immersive through its remarkable sound design. It sheds light on important environmental and human themes while carrying us along through a story where love and hope endure, even in the most fragile places.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA producer on Natalia L\u00f3pez\u2019s \u201cRobe of Gems,\u201d a 2022 Berlin main competition player, Del Paso\u2019s feature debut, 2016\u2019s \u201cPanamerican Machinery\u201d won the top prize at Mexico\u2019s Guadalajara Festival, while 2021\u2019s \u201cThe Hole in the Fence\u201d world premiered at Venice in its Horizons section and topped the Cairo Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJoaqu\u00edn stands out as one of the most important filmmakers of his generation, a talent with a distinctive cinematic voice,\u201d added Celis, Pimienta Films\u2019 founder. \u201cHis work demands attention not only because it offers \u201cfresh\u201d stories, but because it is essential cinema, deeply crafted, authentic, and with a vision that stays with the audience. For us as distributors, this film felt vital: a beautifully told story that draws you in and lingers long after the credits.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction Details<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn these times, when political contexts and power structures are wearing us down, what remains is to seek the intimate experience of existence through our own eyes and our own strength, accompanying one another,\u201d said Fernanda de la Peza, founder-CEO of Mexico City\u2019s C\u00e1rcava Cine, which lead produces with Amondo Cine, a film collective based in Warsaw, Delhi and Mexico City, both companies co-founded by Del Paso.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Garden We Dreamed\u201d is produced in association with Mexico\u2019s Pen\u00ednsula Films & Entertainment (\u201cDanyka\u201d) , At\u00f3mica (\u201cMalva\u201d), Producciones Espiral, Alebrije Producciones (\u201cAmores Perros\u201d), Sula Entertainment (\u201cLost in the Night\u201d) and Stellium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin-based M-Appeal will handle world sales on Joaqu\u00edn\u2019s del Paso\u2019s \u201cThe Garden We Dreamed,\u201d a lyrical portrait of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[53751,138,140,139,53752,53753],"class_list":["post-124104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-berlin-film-festival","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-m-appeal","tag-pimienta-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}