Image Contreras, Ernesto He studied publicity at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC) in Mexico City. He has participated in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He received a Special Mention at the 1st FICM for his short fiction film Los no invitados (2003), also winner of the Best International Short Film Award at the 46th Ariel Awards Ceremony. His first film Párpados azules (2007) premiered at the 5th FICM and participated in more than 30 festivals around the world. It won, among other prizes, the Ariel for Best First Feature at the 50th Ariel Awards Ceremony, the Special Jury Award at the 24th Sundance Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the Horizontes Latinos Section of the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival. He presented his short film El milagro (2000) at the tribute to Pepe Escriche at the 6th FICM. El milagro won, among other prizes, the Best International Short Fiction Film Award at the 9th FESANCOR - Chilean International Short Film Festival of Santiago, and a Special Mention at the 28th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. 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 Mónica Lozano presidirá la Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas 09 · 04 · 19 Directores mexicanos que saltaron del cine a las series 06 · 08 · 18 FOTOGALERÍA: 60ª entrega de los premios Ariel 06 · 06 · 18 Películas nominadas al Ariel 2018 que participaron en el FICM 06 · 05 · 18 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Contreras, Ernesto He studied publicity at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC) in Mexico City. He has participated in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He received a Special Mention at the 1st FICM for his short fiction film Los no invitados (2003), also winner of the Best International Short Film Award at the 46th Ariel Awards Ceremony. His first film Párpados azules (2007) premiered at the 5th FICM and participated in more than 30 festivals around the world. It won, among other prizes, the Ariel for Best First Feature at the 50th Ariel Awards Ceremony, the Special Jury Award at the 24th Sundance Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the Horizontes Latinos Section of the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival. He presented his short film El milagro (2000) at the tribute to Pepe Escriche at the 6th FICM. El milagro won, among other prizes, the Best International Short Fiction Film Award at the 9th FESANCOR - Chilean International Short Film Festival of Santiago, and a Special Mention at the 28th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain.
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
Mónica Lozano presidirá la Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas 09 · 04 · 19 Directores mexicanos que saltaron del cine a las series 06 · 08 · 18 FOTOGALERÍA: 60ª entrega de los premios Ariel 06 · 06 · 18 Películas nominadas al Ariel 2018 que participaron en el FICM 06 · 05 · 18
