Image Cruz, Yolanda She studied liberal arts at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and received a Master’s in Fine Arts from the Film, Television and Digital Media Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is currently working on her first feature film, produced by Canana. She has participated in six editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM, she participated with her short documentary Sueños Binacionales (2005); in the 6th FICM with her feature-length documentary Reencuentros: entre la memoria y la nostalgia (2008), which she won the CDI Award for the Best Indigenous Film or Video; at the 9th FICM she participated with her documentary Guenati’za: Los que vienen de visita (2003) and presented her short films Entre sueños (2000) and Reencuentros: 2501 migrantes (2009). The latter won the award for Best Documentary at the 29th Golden Eagle Awards of the Council on International Nontheatrical Events (CINE) and at the 12th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). At the 10th FICM, she participated with her short fiction film Echo Bear (2012) and in the 11th FICM she presented El reloj (2013). Her short fiction film Las lecciones de Silveria (2014) was part of the 12th FICM's Official Selection. Her short fiction film Las lecciones de Silveria (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM. 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 Encuentro con realizadores de cortometraje y documental 10 · 19 · 14 Cortometrajes del FICM se muestran en CineFestival 2014 02 · 20 · 14 London MexFest 2013, a celebration of Mexican talent 07 · 09 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cruz, Yolanda She studied liberal arts at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and received a Master’s in Fine Arts from the Film, Television and Digital Media Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is currently working on her first feature film, produced by Canana. She has participated in six editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM, she participated with her short documentary Sueños Binacionales (2005); in the 6th FICM with her feature-length documentary Reencuentros: entre la memoria y la nostalgia (2008), which she won the CDI Award for the Best Indigenous Film or Video; at the 9th FICM she participated with her documentary Guenati’za: Los que vienen de visita (2003) and presented her short films Entre sueños (2000) and Reencuentros: 2501 migrantes (2009). The latter won the award for Best Documentary at the 29th Golden Eagle Awards of the Council on International Nontheatrical Events (CINE) and at the 12th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). At the 10th FICM, she participated with her short fiction film Echo Bear (2012) and in the 11th FICM she presented El reloj (2013). Her short fiction film Las lecciones de Silveria (2014) was part of the 12th FICM's Official Selection. Her short fiction film Las lecciones de Silveria (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM.
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
Encuentro con realizadores de cortometraje y documental 10 · 19 · 14 Cortometrajes del FICM se muestran en CineFestival 2014 02 · 20 · 14 London MexFest 2013, a celebration of Mexican talent 07 · 09 · 13
