Image Castañón Medina, David He studied design and visual communication at the National School of Visual Arts (ENAP) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school. His work has been shown at more than 10 festivals around the world. He participated with his documentary short film Días distintos (2011) in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); in the 40th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain; in the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; and in the 6th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM). The film won the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 6th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) and an Honorable Mention in the category of Best Student Documentary at the 15th edition of the José Rovirosa Awards of the UNAM Film Archives. He participated in the 2nd International Crime and Punishment Film Festival (ICAPFF), Istanbul, Turkey, and the 8th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA), with his short fiction film Me extinguiré en el silencio (2012), which won an Honorable Mention at the 7th SSFFM. His short film Bajo tu influencia (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and the 9th SSFFM. He received funding from the Young Filmmakers Stimulus Program for Project Development by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) for his documentary feature project No son horas de olvidar (2013). Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Castañón Medina, David He studied design and visual communication at the National School of Visual Arts (ENAP) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school. His work has been shown at more than 10 festivals around the world. He participated with his documentary short film Días distintos (2011) in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); in the 40th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain; in the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; and in the 6th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM). The film won the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 6th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) and an Honorable Mention in the category of Best Student Documentary at the 15th edition of the José Rovirosa Awards of the UNAM Film Archives. He participated in the 2nd International Crime and Punishment Film Festival (ICAPFF), Istanbul, Turkey, and the 8th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA), with his short fiction film Me extinguiré en el silencio (2012), which won an Honorable Mention at the 7th SSFFM. His short film Bajo tu influencia (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and the 9th SSFFM. He received funding from the Young Filmmakers Stimulus Program for Project Development by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) for his documentary feature project No son horas de olvidar (2013).
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
