Image Cerano Bautista, Dante He studied indigenous education at the National Pedagogy University (UPN, in Spanish), Mexico, and received a master’s degree in humanities at the College of Michoacán (COLMICH). He won the Preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ Identity and Culture Award at the 6th American Festival of Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Video, Guatemala, and First Prize in the indigenous category at the 1st Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, for his short documentary film Ch´anantskua. El juego de la madurez (1999). He has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short documentary film Volver a ver / Exentani (2001). In the 2nd FICM, he presented his short films Uarhicha en la muerte (2003) and Día dos (2003), the last film in co-direction with Eduviges Tomás and winner of the Creativity Award at the 8th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile. In the 3rd FICM, he won the Best Work in the Michoacán Section with his short documentary film Cheranasticotown (2005), also co-directed by Eduviges Tomás. At the 7th FICM, a retrospective of the director was presented, where the above mentioned films, in addition to Xanini/Mazorcas (1999), were exhibited. 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 Programa del FICM en Casa Michoacán, en Chicago 05 · 27 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cerano Bautista, Dante He studied indigenous education at the National Pedagogy University (UPN, in Spanish), Mexico, and received a master’s degree in humanities at the College of Michoacán (COLMICH). He won the Preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ Identity and Culture Award at the 6th American Festival of Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Video, Guatemala, and First Prize in the indigenous category at the 1st Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, for his short documentary film Ch´anantskua. El juego de la madurez (1999). He has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short documentary film Volver a ver / Exentani (2001). In the 2nd FICM, he presented his short films Uarhicha en la muerte (2003) and Día dos (2003), the last film in co-direction with Eduviges Tomás and winner of the Creativity Award at the 8th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile. In the 3rd FICM, he won the Best Work in the Michoacán Section with his short documentary film Cheranasticotown (2005), also co-directed by Eduviges Tomás. At the 7th FICM, a retrospective of the director was presented, where the above mentioned films, in addition to Xanini/Mazorcas (1999), were exhibited.
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
