Filmcollege: Iñárritu + Amores perros ²⁰⁰⁰

The Cinema of Iñárritu

In this film course, you will delve into the work of Alejandro G. Iñárritu, a prominent filmmaker in contemporary Mexican cinema. His films, from Amores perros to 21 Grams and from Babel to The Revenant , show how lives, places, and events that appear unrelated at first glance are nevertheless interconnected. This course looks back on his remarkable career and the cinematic language he has developed over the past decades.

Global Stories and Human Connections

Central to his work is the 'globalized puzzle film': stories that split time and perspective, moving between characters and across borders. You are asked to discover how individual lives intersect. Through 21 Grams and Babel , Hugo Emmerzael explores how Iñárritu uses this fragmented structure to reflect on a world that is increasingly interconnected, yet also knows distance, chance, and misunderstandings. His later work, such as Bardo and the virtual reality experience Carne y Arena , delves deeper into migration, identity, and borders, and depicts the global situation of displaced persons.