Image Aguilar Pradal, Emilio He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 1st and 2nd Chicali Film Fest (International), Mexicali, with his short fiction film El hombre que no podía llorar (2007) and his short documentary film Revolución S.A. de C.V. (2008), respectively. He presented his short fiction film Desierto cielo (2010) at the 7th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). He participated in nine festivals in Spain and Mexico with his short documentary film Los desposeídos (2009), including the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 38th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. He won an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives in 2009 for Los desposeídos; in addition to the Best Documentary award at the 4th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and the Best Documentary and the Emilio “Indio” Fernández awards at the 4th Mantarraya University Short Film Festival, Nayarit, Mexico. Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Aguilar Pradal, Emilio He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 1st and 2nd Chicali Film Fest (International), Mexicali, with his short fiction film El hombre que no podía llorar (2007) and his short documentary film Revolución S.A. de C.V. (2008), respectively. He presented his short fiction film Desierto cielo (2010) at the 7th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). He participated in nine festivals in Spain and Mexico with his short documentary film Los desposeídos (2009), including the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 38th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. He won an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives in 2009 for Los desposeídos; in addition to the Best Documentary award at the 4th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and the Best Documentary and the Emilio “Indio” Fernández awards at the 4th Mantarraya University Short Film Festival, Nayarit, Mexico.
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
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Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
