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 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 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).
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
