Image Calvillo, Pablo He graduated from a B.F.A. in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. He worked as concept, story, previz and layout artist in diverse production studios in the Czech Republic, Australia and the United States. He collaborated in films like Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Lego Movie (2014), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Astroboy (2009), and Happy Feet (2006), among others. Since 2006, his short films have won numerous awards around the world: Topializ (2006) won Best Animation at the Druid Underground Film Festival, and Mandorla (2008) won Best Video Short Film and Experimental Animation at the FIA09, Brazil. Among his recognitions are the Full CalArts Scholarship at the California Institute of the Arts, the Latin Cinemateca Award, and the Super Hero Scholarship of the Worldstudio Foundation in New York. In 2014 he received support from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) at the 14th National Contest for Short Animated Projects. He is currently the creative director of MaliArts, an animation and design studio in Mexico City, where he has directed more than ten commercials, a short animated film and an animated mini series for Oreo Australia. His latest work, The Inksect (2016), has participated in festivals such as the Cannes Short Film Festival, in France; the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, in Spain; and the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF2016), in Korea. The Inksect is also part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Other Movies 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Calvillo, Pablo He graduated from a B.F.A. in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. He worked as concept, story, previz and layout artist in diverse production studios in the Czech Republic, Australia and the United States. He collaborated in films like Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Lego Movie (2014), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Astroboy (2009), and Happy Feet (2006), among others. Since 2006, his short films have won numerous awards around the world: Topializ (2006) won Best Animation at the Druid Underground Film Festival, and Mandorla (2008) won Best Video Short Film and Experimental Animation at the FIA09, Brazil. Among his recognitions are the Full CalArts Scholarship at the California Institute of the Arts, the Latin Cinemateca Award, and the Super Hero Scholarship of the Worldstudio Foundation in New York. In 2014 he received support from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) at the 14th National Contest for Short Animated Projects. He is currently the creative director of MaliArts, an animation and design studio in Mexico City, where he has directed more than ten commercials, a short animated film and an animated mini series for Oreo Australia. His latest work, The Inksect (2016), has participated in festivals such as the Cannes Short Film Festival, in France; the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, in Spain; and the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF2016), in Korea. The Inksect is also part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
