Image Almazán, Sabdyel He studied communication at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (UASLP) and took a course in digital film at the Universidad del Centro de México (UCEM), San Luis Potosí. His work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world. He won the Short Fiction Film Award at the 2nd Rodando Film Festival, San Luis Potosí for El día de las alas (2010). He received a grant from the State Fund for Culture and the Arts of San Luis Potosí to make his documentary short film El diablo, la danza y el tambor (2011), which won Second Place at the 7th Indigenous Film Festival (FECVI), Morelia. He participated with his short fiction film Dos colores (2012) in the 16th MIX Mexico: Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video, and the Diversidad Somos Tod@s Festival, Cuernavaca, en 2013. His documentary short film Lalaxtsopelik, naranja dulce (2012) participated, among other festivals, in the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) within the section “Un, docs, tres por mí”, and in the 3rd International Film Festival of Puebla (FIC Puebla). He received for this work the Best Short Film Award and the University Prize at the 8th FECVI, Morelia. He participated in the 17th Festival Mix México with his short fiction film Puto putote (2013). His documentary short film Nenek (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). 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 Almazán, Sabdyel He studied communication at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (UASLP) and took a course in digital film at the Universidad del Centro de México (UCEM), San Luis Potosí. His work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world. He won the Short Fiction Film Award at the 2nd Rodando Film Festival, San Luis Potosí for El día de las alas (2010). He received a grant from the State Fund for Culture and the Arts of San Luis Potosí to make his documentary short film El diablo, la danza y el tambor (2011), which won Second Place at the 7th Indigenous Film Festival (FECVI), Morelia. He participated with his short fiction film Dos colores (2012) in the 16th MIX Mexico: Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video, and the Diversidad Somos Tod@s Festival, Cuernavaca, en 2013. His documentary short film Lalaxtsopelik, naranja dulce (2012) participated, among other festivals, in the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) within the section “Un, docs, tres por mí”, and in the 3rd International Film Festival of Puebla (FIC Puebla). He received for this work the Best Short Film Award and the University Prize at the 8th FECVI, Morelia. He participated in the 17th Festival Mix México with his short fiction film Puto putote (2013). His documentary short film Nenek (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
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
