Greepoint's Alex Fischman Cárdenas Turns Silence Into Cinema In "Ovejas y Lobos"

After a lauded festival run, Sheep and Wolves (Ovejas y Lobos) steps into the wider world. Writer-director Alex peels back layers of personal mythology and political history to deliver a haunting, poetic reckoning on displacement, grief, and the silence that shapes us. What began as a film about war and migration ultimately became a mirror — a cinematic letter to a mother, a son, and the spaces between them.

On making the film, Alex Fischman says:

"My connection with this film has evolved so much since the inception of the first draft five years ago. I used to think that this movie was about exploring my relationship with the Peruvian internal armed conflict, or the heart-wrenching decision to leave one’s home. Those themes are still relevant, but as Sheep and Wolves (Ovejas y Lobos) began taking shape in the edit room, something emerged. A relationship between the film and myself that I never noticed but resonates with my very existence.

"My childhood was filled with warmth and affection from my mother, with abundant hugs, kisses, and praise. Yet there was an absence of something vital – I never truly felt heard. This notion is mirrored in the film as Rosa wakes Felix with a loving embrace, yet she dismisses his feelings about leaving without hesitation. Shortly after, Felix disappears. And like Felix, I too have felt the pain of not being heard and have physically and metaphorically disappeared."

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