Image Aguerre Chávez; Blanca Xóchitl She studied Communication Science at the Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (ITESO), and obtained a masters degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City. With her short film La historia de todos (2003), she received the Best Opera Prima award at the 7th Festival Internacional de Cine Expresión en Corto (now known as the Guanajuato International Film Festival, GIFF), Mexico; Best Animated Short Film at the 1st Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Mexico; and Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar (FICVIÑA), Chile; among other awards. This work was also nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 47th Ariel Awards, Mexico. Her feature length documentary Lupe el de la vaca (2011) travelled to many festivals, including the 23th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Germany; and the 60th Donostia Zinemaldia, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain. Other Movies Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 ESTRATEGIA MATRIMONIO: the sixties and seventies 03 · 13 · 25 Sergio Leone: DUCK, YOU SUCKER! and Mexican Censorship 03 · 06 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Aguerre Chávez; Blanca Xóchitl She studied Communication Science at the Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (ITESO), and obtained a masters degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City. With her short film La historia de todos (2003), she received the Best Opera Prima award at the 7th Festival Internacional de Cine Expresión en Corto (now known as the Guanajuato International Film Festival, GIFF), Mexico; Best Animated Short Film at the 1st Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Mexico; and Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar (FICVIÑA), Chile; among other awards. This work was also nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 47th Ariel Awards, Mexico. Her feature length documentary Lupe el de la vaca (2011) travelled to many festivals, including the 23th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Germany; and the 60th Donostia Zinemaldia, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain.
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
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