Image Alba, Francisco Franco He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his first feature film Quemar las naves (2007), which won the Audience Award and the AMC Award for Best Photography in a Mexican Feature Film. The film also received the French Critics “Découverte” Award at the 20th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the Long Island Latino International Film Festival (LILIFF); the Audience Award at the 26th Torino Film Festival (TFF), Italy; an Ariel for Best Original Soundtrack for Alejandro Giacomán and Joselo Rángel at the 50th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the Best Actress award for Irene Azuela at the 22nd Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, United States. His second feature film Tercera llamada (2012) won an Ariel for Best Adapted Screenplay (co-written with María René Prudencio) at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony; Best Picture at the 21st San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF); Best Edition for Mariana Rodríguez at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; and Best Actress (for the entire female cast) and the Audience Award at the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), among others. 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 Alba, Francisco Franco He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his first feature film Quemar las naves (2007), which won the Audience Award and the AMC Award for Best Photography in a Mexican Feature Film. The film also received the French Critics “Découverte” Award at the 20th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the Long Island Latino International Film Festival (LILIFF); the Audience Award at the 26th Torino Film Festival (TFF), Italy; an Ariel for Best Original Soundtrack for Alejandro Giacomán and Joselo Rángel at the 50th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the Best Actress award for Irene Azuela at the 22nd Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, United States. His second feature film Tercera llamada (2012) won an Ariel for Best Adapted Screenplay (co-written with María René Prudencio) at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony; Best Picture at the 21st San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF); Best Edition for Mariana Rodríguez at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; and Best Actress (for the entire female cast) and the Audience Award at the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), among others.
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
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
