Mexican writers, directors and producers, Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez have collaborated for 15 years, producing the short films Of This World (2010), In Still Waters (2011) and 400 bags (2014) and the feature films The Darkest Days of Us (2017) and Identifying Features (2020), which received awards for the best film at the Sundance, San Sebastian, Zurich, and Thessaloniki Film Festivals and the Gotham Award for Best International Film.