Image Cassini, Gian He studied audiovisual languages at the Visual Arts Department of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL, in Spanish), Mexico, where he also taught short film production, documentary production and video production. In addition, he has taken various workshops on cinematography, including a course on film directing with Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel, in 2005, and a documentary screenwriting workshop with Spanish director Ricardo Íscar, in 2012. His work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world. He participated, among other festivals, in the 5th UNAM International Gay Film Festival in Mexico City, and the 14th MIX Mexico: Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video, with his short fiction film Panoramas (2009); which received a Special Mention at the 5th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey). He competed in the Official Selection at the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film A rapel (2011), which also participated in the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the Vienna Queer Cinema International Film Festival, Identities 2013, Austria; and the 23rd Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia, among others. He has also worked as a producer in several films, including: El pacto (2011) by Pablo Alejandro Gómez Canales and Ballad of the Living Dead (2014), a short film that won the Nuevo León Film Production grant (PROMOCINE) in 2011, and the 7th National Competition for Short Film Postproduction, launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). He is currently working on the production of his first feature length documentary Comala, which won the IMCINE award to begin its development at the 7th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) 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 Cassini, Gian He studied audiovisual languages at the Visual Arts Department of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL, in Spanish), Mexico, where he also taught short film production, documentary production and video production. In addition, he has taken various workshops on cinematography, including a course on film directing with Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel, in 2005, and a documentary screenwriting workshop with Spanish director Ricardo Íscar, in 2012. His work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world. He participated, among other festivals, in the 5th UNAM International Gay Film Festival in Mexico City, and the 14th MIX Mexico: Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video, with his short fiction film Panoramas (2009); which received a Special Mention at the 5th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey). He competed in the Official Selection at the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film A rapel (2011), which also participated in the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the Vienna Queer Cinema International Film Festival, Identities 2013, Austria; and the 23rd Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia, among others. He has also worked as a producer in several films, including: El pacto (2011) by Pablo Alejandro Gómez Canales and Ballad of the Living Dead (2014), a short film that won the Nuevo León Film Production grant (PROMOCINE) in 2011, and the 7th National Competition for Short Film Postproduction, launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). He is currently working on the production of his first feature length documentary Comala, which won the IMCINE award to begin its development at the 7th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish)
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
