Image Ahumada; Israel He has a degree in Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He graduated with a specialty in Direction from the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC). During his academic stage he directed the short films Perdona nuestras ofensas (2013), nominated for a Diosa de Plata as Best Short Fiction Film; Fausto en la oscuridad (2017), for which he won the Best Director award at the Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival; and Dejar la piel (2017), Doculatente Award for Best WIP, awarded at the 6th DOCULAB - Guadalajara International Film Festival; this award consisted of attending the IDF Academy during the 27th Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). Professionally, he has worked as a producer of more than a dozen short films, as well as the documentary feature, M (2018), by Eva Villaseñor, which won the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 21st edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival and the Ambulante Award for Documentary at the 16th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is currently a teacher at several universities, while he develops his debut film, La mano, que aplastarnos quiere. 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 Ahumada; Israel He has a degree in Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He graduated with a specialty in Direction from the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC). During his academic stage he directed the short films Perdona nuestras ofensas (2013), nominated for a Diosa de Plata as Best Short Fiction Film; Fausto en la oscuridad (2017), for which he won the Best Director award at the Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival; and Dejar la piel (2017), Doculatente Award for Best WIP, awarded at the 6th DOCULAB - Guadalajara International Film Festival; this award consisted of attending the IDF Academy during the 27th Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). Professionally, he has worked as a producer of more than a dozen short films, as well as the documentary feature, M (2018), by Eva Villaseñor, which won the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 21st edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival and the Ambulante Award for Documentary at the 16th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is currently a teacher at several universities, while he develops his debut film, La mano, que aplastarnos quiere.
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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