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Chehaibar, Miguel

He studied communication at the Intercontinental University (UIC, in Spanish) in Mexico City and criminology at the Colegio Libre de Estudios Universitarios (CLEU) in Puebla. In Mexico City, he took courses in visual arts at the UIC, mixed techniques at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM, in spanish), object art at the Carrillo Gil Museum and techniques of animation at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His short film Todos te queremos (2008) won third place at the 2nd International Short Film Competition Raise Your Voice Against Domestic Violence at the 11th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). He co-directed, along with Norma Macías Dávalos, the short animated film El hambre de Caribdis (2008), which participated in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), among other festivals, and received the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) and the Best Short Film at the 3rd Festival Internacional de Cortos Proyección Corta in Mexico City. He is currently in the production stage of his first feature Sol en el Nadir.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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