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Arellano, Bernardo

He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. His work has been shown at more than 40 film screenings and festivals around the world. He participated with his documentary short film Zoogocho (2008) in the 27th Latin American Film Festival, Bordeaux, and the 49th Critics’ Week at Cannes, France, among other festivals. For this film, he won two awards for Best Documentary Short Film: In the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and in the 4th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish). He won 11 awards for best first film for Entre la noche y el día (2011), including the Film in Progress Industry Award at the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain; Best Director at the 26th Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy; Best Screenplay at the 18th Lleida Latin American Film Festival, Catalonia; and Best Picture at the 14th South American Film Encounters, Marseille, France. He competed in the 12th FICM with his second feature, El comienzo del tiempo (2014), wich received the Young Creators Grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and a grant from the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund in 2013, among others.

Other Movies

Naza

Naza
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa
Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More

The Buzz

Zumbido
During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More

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