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 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 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).
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
