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Tzutzumatzin Soto
Programmer / Archivist
México City

Tzutzumatzin Soto is an activist for alternative film exhibition and public access to audiovisual heritage in México. She holds a master’s degree in Communication and Politics, as well as a postgraduate diploma in Management, Preservation, and Dissemination of Collections. Her work focuses on the independent distribution and creation of exhibition networks beyond commercial circuits. Since 2018, she has been a part of the programming team at Ambulante and Gira de Documentales, a project of Ambulante A.C., a non-profit Mexican organisation dedicated to promoting documentary films as a tool for cultural and social transformation. She currently coordinates Ambulante Presenta, a national network of screenings in independent and community-based venues, where she also leads the Training Program for Community Exhibitors, aimed at strengthening local film circulation initiatives. She has served on the documentary short film programming committees of Morelia International Film Festival and BlackStar Film Festival, both committed to amplifying narratives from the Global South and historically marginalised communities. From 2012 to 2022, she worked at the Cineteca Nacional de México, where she led key projects such as the Videoteca Digital, the Blu-ray collection of restored Mexican films for cultural and international circuits, and the creation of Experiencias de archivo, a screening series dedicated to nonfiction cinema and audiovisual memory.

Documental Ambulante A.C. → ambulante.org

What is a recent program of yours that best represents you and your interests?
Ambulante Presents (AP) is an alternative screening program related to the Ambulante Tour, which seeks to bring documentary films closer to the public through a network of self-managed spaces in different regions. It includes a training programme for community-based programmers and exhibitors throughout México. This year, the program extended its collaboration with organisations in Colombia and Central America.

Recommend other film programmers whose work is creating pathways for south-south collaboration.
Lorena García
Isabel Rojas (@rojaisabel)
Marcela Lizcano (@marcela.lizcano)

Do you use the term Global South in your work?
No