Image Aguirre, Salvador He studied film directing at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He was a member of the National System of Art Creators at the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, from 2004 to 2007. His work has participated in more than 30 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 1st FICM, he presented his short fiction films De ida y vuelta (2003) and De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos (2002), the last one in co-direction with Alejandro Lubezki. For the first film, he received, among other awards, the Mayahuel for Best Picture at the 15th Guadalajara International Film Festival; the FIPRESCI International Critics’ prize for Best Picture from Latin America at the 16th Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; the Audience Award for Best Picture at the 2nd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival (LPA Film Festival), Spain; and four nominations at the 43rd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico: Best First Film, Best Photography, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos won the Audience Award at the 10th Latin Film Festival, Tubinga, Germany; the Special Jury Award at the 47th Valladolid International Film Festival Seminci, Spain; and the Grand Prix, Petit Rail d’Or, Prix Canal +, Prix Kodak and Prix Creative Valley awards at the 41st Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, France, among others. He won the 11th National Competition of Short Film Projects of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), to make his short fiction film Dentro de uno (2012) that competed at the 10th FICM. 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 Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Aguirre, Salvador He studied film directing at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He was a member of the National System of Art Creators at the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, from 2004 to 2007. His work has participated in more than 30 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 1st FICM, he presented his short fiction films De ida y vuelta (2003) and De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos (2002), the last one in co-direction with Alejandro Lubezki. For the first film, he received, among other awards, the Mayahuel for Best Picture at the 15th Guadalajara International Film Festival; the FIPRESCI International Critics’ prize for Best Picture from Latin America at the 16th Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; the Audience Award for Best Picture at the 2nd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival (LPA Film Festival), Spain; and four nominations at the 43rd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico: Best First Film, Best Photography, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos won the Audience Award at the 10th Latin Film Festival, Tubinga, Germany; the Special Jury Award at the 47th Valladolid International Film Festival Seminci, Spain; and the Grand Prix, Petit Rail d’Or, Prix Canal +, Prix Kodak and Prix Creative Valley awards at the 41st Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, France, among others. He won the 11th National Competition of Short Film Projects of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), to make his short fiction film Dentro de uno (2012) that competed at the 10th FICM.
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
Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16
Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16
