Image Ávila Dueñas, Iván He studied the science and techniques of communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), Guadalajara, and a course on screenwriting at the Center for Film Research and Teaching at the University of Guadalajara (U. of G.). He is the author of the book El cine mexicano de Luis Buñuel. Estudio de los argumentos y personajes (1994). He received a Film, Video and Multimedia Grant from the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations in 1997. He is currently a member of the National System of Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. His work has participated in more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world. His first feature Adán y Eva (todavía) (2004) won a Jury Special Award at the 8th Method Fest Independent Film Festival, California, and was nominated for seven Ariel awards at the 52nd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Costume award. He received an award at the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; the Young European Jury award at the 16thBiarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and a Special Mention of the Jury at the 3rd Tremblant Film Festival, Canada, for his second feature film La sangre iluminada (2007). His feature-length documentary Zacateco (Labor Vincit Omnia) (2010) premiered at the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 4th UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), Mexico, among other festivals, with his feature-length documentary La mañana no comienza aquí (2014). 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 14th FICM Official Selection: El peluquero romántico 10 · 27 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Iván Ávila Dueñas 09 · 27 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ávila Dueñas, Iván He studied the science and techniques of communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), Guadalajara, and a course on screenwriting at the Center for Film Research and Teaching at the University of Guadalajara (U. of G.). He is the author of the book El cine mexicano de Luis Buñuel. Estudio de los argumentos y personajes (1994). He received a Film, Video and Multimedia Grant from the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations in 1997. He is currently a member of the National System of Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. His work has participated in more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world. His first feature Adán y Eva (todavía) (2004) won a Jury Special Award at the 8th Method Fest Independent Film Festival, California, and was nominated for seven Ariel awards at the 52nd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Costume award. He received an award at the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; the Young European Jury award at the 16thBiarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and a Special Mention of the Jury at the 3rd Tremblant Film Festival, Canada, for his second feature film La sangre iluminada (2007). His feature-length documentary Zacateco (Labor Vincit Omnia) (2010) premiered at the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 4th UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), Mexico, among other festivals, with his feature-length documentary La mañana no comienza aquí (2014).
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
14th FICM Official Selection: El peluquero romántico 10 · 27 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Iván Ávila Dueñas 09 · 27 · 16
