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Fernando Frias' I'm No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí) had a long journey to the screen — conceived when Frias was a student at New York's Columbia University, the project was selected by the Sundance Writers Lab in 2014, and went before cameras in 2017, ultimately hitting the festival circuit in 2019, and Netflix last…

Mexico's entry to the International Feature Film Oscar race, Fernando Frias’ I'm No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aqui), is an ultra-skillful, if sometimes dramatically undernourished account of an enterprising teenager's attempt to move beyond a life on the streets. There's no question that the young director knows what…

UPDATED with video: In I’m No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aquí), filmmaker Fernando Frias puts the spotlight on Kolombia counterculture in the region of Northern Mexico. Following the story of 17-year-old Ulises (played by breakout Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño), the film, Mexico’s submission in the International Feature…