Image Azuela; Esteban He studied a course in traditional animation at the Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada, and various classes in advanced, experimental and documentary photography Academia de Artes Visuales (AAVI), Ciudad de México. He is the founding partner of the animated collective Viumasters, and received among other grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, in 2010. He is currently participating in a Residency of Animation of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB / ONF), Montreal, within the program Hothouse 10. His work has been presented at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world. He won for his short film Swing (2007) the award for Best Creation Video at the 2nd Corto Festival Dunas de Cine y Video, España, and the First Animation Prize and the Audience Award at the 3rd Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City, among others. His animated short film Ventosa (2008) was presented in the collective exhibition L’oeil sur les rues,in the Parc de la Villette, and the 5th ARTE Video Night, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. This work also participated in the 1st Foro de Animación Contemporánea Animasivo, Ciudad de México, and the 22nd Encuentro de Cine Latino de Toulouse, Francia, among others. He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his animated short film Xochimilco 1914 (2010) co-directed with Guicho Nuchez, Carlos Gamboa and Mara Soler Guitián, (members of the collective Viumasters), in the “Canal 22 presents…” program. This work was nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards, Mexico; it won the Best Mexican Animated Short Film award at the 13th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and received an Honorary Mention at the 12th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. He worked as animation director of the animated short film El Don de los espejos (2013), within the collective Viumasters and directed by Mara Soler Guitián, which is part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM and which won the Animated Short Film award at the 9th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM). 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Azuela; Esteban He studied a course in traditional animation at the Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada, and various classes in advanced, experimental and documentary photography Academia de Artes Visuales (AAVI), Ciudad de México. He is the founding partner of the animated collective Viumasters, and received among other grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, in 2010. He is currently participating in a Residency of Animation of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB / ONF), Montreal, within the program Hothouse 10. His work has been presented at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world. He won for his short film Swing (2007) the award for Best Creation Video at the 2nd Corto Festival Dunas de Cine y Video, España, and the First Animation Prize and the Audience Award at the 3rd Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City, among others. His animated short film Ventosa (2008) was presented in the collective exhibition L’oeil sur les rues,in the Parc de la Villette, and the 5th ARTE Video Night, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. This work also participated in the 1st Foro de Animación Contemporánea Animasivo, Ciudad de México, and the 22nd Encuentro de Cine Latino de Toulouse, Francia, among others. He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his animated short film Xochimilco 1914 (2010) co-directed with Guicho Nuchez, Carlos Gamboa and Mara Soler Guitián, (members of the collective Viumasters), in the “Canal 22 presents…” program. This work was nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards, Mexico; it won the Best Mexican Animated Short Film award at the 13th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and received an Honorary Mention at the 12th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. He worked as animation director of the animated short film El Don de los espejos (2013), within the collective Viumasters and directed by Mara Soler Guitián, which is part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM and which won the Animated Short Film award at the 9th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM).
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
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Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
