( Te llevo conmigo ), directed by Heidi Ewing , is a 2020 hybrid film that blends narrative drama with documentary elements to tell the decades-spanning true story of Iván Garcia and Gerardo Zabaleta. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival , where it won the Audience Award and the NEXT Innovator Award . Core Narrative & Structure
The film follows , an aspiring chef in Puebla, Mexico, who meets and falls in love with Gerardo , a teacher. Faced with systemic homophobia and limited economic opportunity, Iván makes the harrowing decision to cross the U.S. border as an undocumented immigrant to pursue his culinary dreams, eventually followed by Gerardo. I Carry You with Me(2020)