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 If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More 40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More Related News The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 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).
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
