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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

Naza

Naza
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa
Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More

The Buzz

Zumbido
During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More

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