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Altuna, Emiliano

He received a degree from the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC), Spain. His work has been shown at more than 60 film screenings and festivals around the world, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 3rd FICM with his short documentary film Seguir siendo (2005). He received a Special Mention at the 6th FICM for his first feature length documentary El ciruelo (2008), co-directed with Carlos F. Rossini. His second feature length documentary, El alcalde (2012), also co-directed with Rossini and with Diego Enrique Osorno, participated in the 10th FICM and won, among other awards, the José Rovirosa Award 2012 of the UNAM Film Archives for Best Mexican Documentary; Best Iberoamerican Documentary at the 53rdCartagena International Film Festival (FICCI, in Spanish), Colombia; and Best Mexican Documentary at the 1st Baja International Film Festival (BIFF), Los Cabos, México.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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