Everardo González

Everardo is a Mexican director, who is considered as one of the strongest voices in the documentary genre in Latin America. His filmography includes PULQUE SONG (2003), THE OLD THIEVES (2007), THE OPEN SKY (2011), DROUGHT (2011) and EL PASO (2015), all screened and awarded at various festivals like Berlin, IDFA, Toulouse, Locarno, Montreal, BAFICI, Sarajevo, Guadalajara and Morelia.
One of his most recent film, DEVIL’S FREEDOM (2017), was awarded the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlinale in 2017.

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A Wolfpack called Ernesto

A film by Everardo González

2023 - Mexico/France/Switzerland - Documentary

In Mexico, 350 000 people have been killed over the last 15 years by armed perpetrators, 30 000 of which are under 18. A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO is a travel exploration to the bowels of the most fragile link on the chain: kids. The film follows the paths of the youths collectively named "Ernesto" – victims as well as sicarios – who in a certain moment of their lives had access to a gun, used it to kill, and soon became a part of the many pieces of a crime organization.

Devil's Freedom

A film by Everardo González

2017 - Mexico - Documentary

Mexico, 2016. In some of the world's most dangerous cities life is not worth much. Looking into the eyes of the protagonists of violence, victims as well as executioners, helps to understand how fear inserted itself in the subconscious of our society. Through a network of concrete stories, we are facing the most obscure traits of the human psyche, the frail balance between humanity and evil.