DIRECTOR STATEMENT
"The Stampede” is a gesture of remembrance toward animals, those relegated to silence and oblivion. It is from this absence that the creature inhabiting this story emerges, embodying a contained rage, accumulated over thousands of years by countless species. Far from functioning as an allegory, the film operates as an unsettling reflection of our reality. A world that is not unfamiliar, yet reveals with greater clarity what we choose not to see. We inhabit an environment far from paradise, even as collective denial insists otherwise. Perhaps what is most disturbing is not the violence itself, but the human capacity to justify it and render it invisible, for there is no argument capable of challenging one who reigns over their own hell.

DIRECTOR BIO
Joaquín Eduardo Arce Cabrera (June 19, 2002) is a filmmaker from Sinaloa, Mexico. He is currently based in Jalisco, Mexico, and holds a degree in Communication with a focus on film directing and production. His work explores ethical questions, the human condition, and our relationship with other living beings through a sensitive and reflective lens.