’m glad to invite to assist to the screening and exchange impression from the collectives short-films KOOL & JA’ filmed and produced in less than one year (2024-2025) thanks to each person from Múuch’ Xíinbal Mayan Assembly in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico that voluntarily decided to participate and learn together, both audiovisual materials the first one in Yucatecan Maya, and the second one in Spanish, have subtitles in English, Spanish and Yucatecan Maya, and both are available in open access on YouTube with the aim that our message reaches all possible geographies and peoples in resistance to megaprojects in the world, being faithful to our belief that these audiovisual materials are urgently needed in our communities in free formats and easy distribution, and not between film festivals in distant geographies.
The non-binary and female perspective behind the how-know of both short films was important along all the process from the script till the launch on YouTube.

KOOL (11min. 21sec., 2025)
This short film entitled KOOL addresses different approaches of defenders of the territory on the ancestral/contemporary meanings of the Maya Milpa, its importance for the communities, as well as the risks and dangers in times where there are multiple megaprojects advancing in the region. Because of insecurity conditions in one of the filming locations, and to protect the integrity of one of the main characters the face images, personal information and locations were omitted.JA’ (9min. 44 sec., 2025)
This short film addresses, from the perspective of a female & a male defender of the territory in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, the spiritual and cultural meanings related to the day-to-day activities related to water for the Mayan peoples of the region.