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 If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More 40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More Related News We Have a Responsibility to Future Generations: LOS AMANTES SE DESPIDEN CON LA MIRADA Press Conference 10 · 13 · 25 “If I Can Only Make One Film in My Life, It Has to Be This One”: Joseph Todd Walker Presented LA GLORIA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 The Third Issue of FÓSFORO UNAM DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF FILM CRITICS Was Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 Nuria Ibáñez on EL GUARDIÁN and How Cinema Helps Us Think About What’s Foreign to Us at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 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.
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
We Have a Responsibility to Future Generations: LOS AMANTES SE DESPIDEN CON LA MIRADA Press Conference 10 · 13 · 25 “If I Can Only Make One Film in My Life, It Has to Be This One”: Joseph Todd Walker Presented LA GLORIA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 The Third Issue of FÓSFORO UNAM DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF FILM CRITICS Was Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 Nuria Ibáñez on EL GUARDIÁN and How Cinema Helps Us Think About What’s Foreign to Us at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
We Have a Responsibility to Future Generations: LOS AMANTES SE DESPIDEN CON LA MIRADA Press Conference 10 · 13 · 25
“If I Can Only Make One Film in My Life, It Has to Be This One”: Joseph Todd Walker Presented LA GLORIA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
The Third Issue of FÓSFORO UNAM DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF FILM CRITICS Was Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
Nuria Ibáñez on EL GUARDIÁN and How Cinema Helps Us Think About What’s Foreign to Us at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
