Mexico’s Venice Queer Lion Contender ‘Tijuana, Todavía’ Trains a Spotlight on the Plight of Gay Refugees Fleeing Persecution

Nothing sharpens the mind like working within constraints. Made on a shoestring production grant of €200,000 ($234,000) and given three weeks to write a screenplay and outline a production schedule, ‘Tijuana, Todavía’ by Mexico’s Gabriel Gutiérrez Morales has been rewarded with a slot at the 83rd Venice Film Festival where it vies for the Queer…