Image Cárdenas, Rafael He studied communication at the Anáhuac University México Norte (UA, in Spanish) and Digital Character Animation at the Vancouver Film School (VFS). His work has won more than 40 national and international awards and has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to make his animated short film Calaverita (2005), co-directed with his brother Raúl Cárdenas, which was selected for the 3rd FICM and nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his animated short film Luna (2010), also in co-direction with Raúl Cárdenas, which won the 8th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE); the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards Ceremony; the Silver Goddess for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico; a Special Jury Mention at the 14th Tour de Cine Francés, Mexico; and the Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Luna was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Academy Awards Ceremony in the United States. 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 “I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, vicepresidente del FICM, recibió las insignias de Caballero en la Orden de las Artes y las Letras 02 · 18 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cárdenas, Rafael He studied communication at the Anáhuac University México Norte (UA, in Spanish) and Digital Character Animation at the Vancouver Film School (VFS). His work has won more than 40 national and international awards and has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to make his animated short film Calaverita (2005), co-directed with his brother Raúl Cárdenas, which was selected for the 3rd FICM and nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his animated short film Luna (2010), also in co-direction with Raúl Cárdenas, which won the 8th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE); the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards Ceremony; the Silver Goddess for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico; a Special Jury Mention at the 14th Tour de Cine Francés, Mexico; and the Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Luna was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Academy Awards Ceremony in the United States.
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
“I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, vicepresidente del FICM, recibió las insignias de Caballero en la Orden de las Artes y las Letras 02 · 18 · 26
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, vicepresidente del FICM, recibió las insignias de Caballero en la Orden de las Artes y las Letras 02 · 18 · 26
