Image Casas, Armando He studied dramatic and theatrical literature and communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school. He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, in 1997 and in 1999. He participated in more than 20 festivals around the world with his first feature film Un mundo raro (2001), which won, among other prizes, an Honorable Mention for the Critics’ Award and the OCIC Award at the 16th Mexican Independent Film Festival, Guadalajara; the Ariel for Best Male Co-Lead at the 44th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the OCIC Award at the Iberoamerican Film Festival of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. His short fiction film Para vestir santos (2004) participated in more than 30 national and international festivals, including the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 58th Cannes Film Festival in the section Tous les Cinémas du Monde; the 27th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France; and the 38th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. He participated in the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish) and the 14th Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival (FICPV, in Spanish), with his feature-length documentary Familia Gang (2013). He is co-author of Cine mexicano entre dos siglos, reflejos de una evolución, published by Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, and author of Alfonso Arau: Así es la vida, published by University of Guadalajara. From 2004 to 2012, he was director of CUEC-UNAM film school. He is currently in post-production of his latest feature film Malacopa (2016). 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 Casas, Armando He studied dramatic and theatrical literature and communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school. He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, in 1997 and in 1999. He participated in more than 20 festivals around the world with his first feature film Un mundo raro (2001), which won, among other prizes, an Honorable Mention for the Critics’ Award and the OCIC Award at the 16th Mexican Independent Film Festival, Guadalajara; the Ariel for Best Male Co-Lead at the 44th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the OCIC Award at the Iberoamerican Film Festival of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. His short fiction film Para vestir santos (2004) participated in more than 30 national and international festivals, including the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 58th Cannes Film Festival in the section Tous les Cinémas du Monde; the 27th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France; and the 38th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. He participated in the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish) and the 14th Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival (FICPV, in Spanish), with his feature-length documentary Familia Gang (2013). He is co-author of Cine mexicano entre dos siglos, reflejos de una evolución, published by Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, and author of Alfonso Arau: Así es la vida, published by University of Guadalajara. From 2004 to 2012, he was director of CUEC-UNAM film school. He is currently in post-production of his latest feature film Malacopa (2016).
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
