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 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 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 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)
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
Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25
