Image Almada, Natalia She received a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She obtained the MacArthur, Guggenheim, USA Artists and Alpert grants. Her work has been shown at more than 30 film screenings and festivals around the world and has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She received a Special Mention at the 3rd FICM for her feature-length documentary Al otro lado (2005), which also won the award for Best Documentary at the 1st Puerto Rico International Film Fest & Convention (PRIFFC) and the Cultural Voice Award at the 6th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF), among others. She participated in the 7th FICM with her feature-length documentary El General (2009), which won the Best Director Award at the 25th Sundance Film Festival and the Third Coral Award at the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. At the 9th FICM, she participated with her feature-length documentary El velador (2011), which was shown at the 43rd Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes, and won, among other prizes, the award for Best Documentary at the 13th International Film Festival Bratislava; the SICA Award and a Special Mention for the FEISAL Award at the 26th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; and the award for Best Cinematography at the 14th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM in French), Canada. Her first feature film Everything Else (2005) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th 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 Todo lo demás, de Natalia Almada, inaugurará Cinema Village 05 · 03 · 18 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Official Selection of the 14th FICM: Todo lo demás 10 · 23 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Natalia Almada 10 · 03 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Almada, Natalia She received a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She obtained the MacArthur, Guggenheim, USA Artists and Alpert grants. Her work has been shown at more than 30 film screenings and festivals around the world and has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She received a Special Mention at the 3rd FICM for her feature-length documentary Al otro lado (2005), which also won the award for Best Documentary at the 1st Puerto Rico International Film Fest & Convention (PRIFFC) and the Cultural Voice Award at the 6th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF), among others. She participated in the 7th FICM with her feature-length documentary El General (2009), which won the Best Director Award at the 25th Sundance Film Festival and the Third Coral Award at the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. At the 9th FICM, she participated with her feature-length documentary El velador (2011), which was shown at the 43rd Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes, and won, among other prizes, the award for Best Documentary at the 13th International Film Festival Bratislava; the SICA Award and a Special Mention for the FEISAL Award at the 26th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; and the award for Best Cinematography at the 14th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM in French), Canada. Her first feature film Everything Else (2005) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th 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
Todo lo demás, de Natalia Almada, inaugurará Cinema Village 05 · 03 · 18 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Official Selection of the 14th FICM: Todo lo demás 10 · 23 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Natalia Almada 10 · 03 · 16
