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Coello, Antonio

He studied communication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Mexico; a graduate course in screenwriting at the CCC film school, Mexico City; a post graduate course in 35mm filmmaking at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) and Stage Management Workshop in EICTV film school, Cuba. He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) on various occasions. His work has participated in more than 40 film festivals and showings around the world. His short fiction film El rey de Zinacantán (2003), which participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), won the Manuel Barbachano Ponce Award for Best Work at the 6th Geografías Suaves Festival in Mérida, among other prizes. He participated in the 6th FICM with Chimbumbe (2008), winner of the India Catalina Award for Best Fiction Short Film at the 50th Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), Colombia, and was named Best Short Film at the Latin American showing of the 19th  São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, among others. He is currently a fellow of the National System of Art Creators and works in post-production of his debut Siete filos .

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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