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Iván Trujillo Bolio

Iván Trujillo Bolio has a BA in biology from the Department of Sciences at the UNAM and a degree in filmmaking from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies at the same institution.

As a filmmaker, he won an Ariel Award in 1988 for Best Documentary Short with Mariposa Monarca… adivinanzas para siempre.

He was the general director of the UNAM Filmoteca from 1989 to 2008. He headed the International Federation of Film Archives from 1999 to 2003. He has participated in numerous exhibitions of Mexican cinema abroad, delivered multiple lectures on film, and served as a jury member at renowned festivals all over the world.

In May 1999, he was named a Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French government; in 2006, he received the Order of Civil Merit from the Spanish government.

From 2008 to 2010, he was Mexico’s cultural attaché in Cuba; from 2010 to 2018, general director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

He has served as the general director of TV UNAM since February 2019.