Image Ávila del Pino; Pepe He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, where he received a Laudatory Mention for his thesis, the short film, Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007). He also studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), New York University (NYU). He obtained the Support for Foreign Studies grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), from 2008 to 2011, and a scholarship from the TSOA of New York, from 2010 to 2012. Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007) also won First Place at the 1st Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Competition, Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Unifest: International University Film Festival, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain; and the Audience Award at the 4th International Short Film Festival Cine a las Calles, Mexico. His spec comercial for Axe, Assume the consequences, was a finalist in the 6th AICP Show & Next Awards, United States. He received in 2012 the ARRI Volker Bahnemann award for cinematography for the collection of his work, given by ARRI CSC, New York. His short fiction film Batallas latentes (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News Fondeadora: Una manera de democratizar el financiamiento 03 · 03 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ávila del Pino; Pepe He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, where he received a Laudatory Mention for his thesis, the short film, Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007). He also studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), New York University (NYU). He obtained the Support for Foreign Studies grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), from 2008 to 2011, and a scholarship from the TSOA of New York, from 2010 to 2012. Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007) also won First Place at the 1st Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Competition, Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Unifest: International University Film Festival, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain; and the Audience Award at the 4th International Short Film Festival Cine a las Calles, Mexico. His spec comercial for Axe, Assume the consequences, was a finalist in the 6th AICP Show & Next Awards, United States. He received in 2012 the ARRI Volker Bahnemann award for cinematography for the collection of his work, given by ARRI CSC, New York. His short fiction film Batallas latentes (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
