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 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 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.
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
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
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
