Image Cecchetti, Federico He studied Film at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM), and he participated in a student exchange program at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy. In 2010 he was part of the Berlinale Talent Campus organized by the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). In 2016 he was part of the Filmmakers Academy of the 69th edition of the Festival del film Locarno, and of the Mexicannes program of the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). He has directed eight short films, among which stand out El maléfico Dr. Machete (2005), part of the Official Selection of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum; Raíces (2007), part of the Official Selection of the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); and Transhumantes (2009), part of the Official Selection of the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and of the 5th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival, among others. Transhumanteswas also nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Short Film; it was shown at a special screening at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival after having won the 2011 Kodak Film School Competition, and in a another special screening at the Festival del film Locarno as part of Filmmakers Academy 2016. He wrote and developed his second project, Cartas desde el país de los tarahumaras, at the Residénce del Cinéfondation program of the Cannes Film Festival. His first feature film El sueño del Mara’akame, is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM. 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 Del sueño a la realidad: Entrevista al talento de El sueño del Mara’akame 05 · 17 · 19 Ganadores de los premios Ariel 2017 07 · 11 · 17 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 14th FICM Official Selection: El sueño del Mara’akame 10 · 26 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cecchetti, Federico He studied Film at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM), and he participated in a student exchange program at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy. In 2010 he was part of the Berlinale Talent Campus organized by the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). In 2016 he was part of the Filmmakers Academy of the 69th edition of the Festival del film Locarno, and of the Mexicannes program of the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). He has directed eight short films, among which stand out El maléfico Dr. Machete (2005), part of the Official Selection of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum; Raíces (2007), part of the Official Selection of the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); and Transhumantes (2009), part of the Official Selection of the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and of the 5th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival, among others. Transhumanteswas also nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Short Film; it was shown at a special screening at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival after having won the 2011 Kodak Film School Competition, and in a another special screening at the Festival del film Locarno as part of Filmmakers Academy 2016. He wrote and developed his second project, Cartas desde el país de los tarahumaras, at the Residénce del Cinéfondation program of the Cannes Film Festival. His first feature film El sueño del Mara’akame, is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.
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
Del sueño a la realidad: Entrevista al talento de El sueño del Mara’akame 05 · 17 · 19 Ganadores de los premios Ariel 2017 07 · 11 · 17 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 14th FICM Official Selection: El sueño del Mara’akame 10 · 26 · 16
