Image Cuarón; Carlos Screenwriter and film director, he has written several screenplays in collaboration with his brother, Alfonso Cuarón, including the feature films by Alfonso: Sólo con tu pareja (1991), which won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the 34th Ariel Awards, Mexico, and Y tu mamá también (2001), which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 58th Venice International Film Festival, Italy. His work as director has been presented at numerous festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first feature film Rudo y Cursi (2008), starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, received eight nominations at the 51st Ariel Awards, Mexico, including Best First Film, Best Actor and Best Art Design. His short fiction film The Second Bakery Attack was part of the Official Selection at the 8th FICM. At the 11th FICM, he presented his second feature film Besos de azúcar (2013), which also participated in the 21st San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), among others, and which received eight nominations at the 43rd Silver Goddess Awards, Mexico, including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Carlos Cuarón won the Best Director Award for this film at the 34th Fantasporto. Oporto International Film Festival, Portugal. Other Movies 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News Amalgama by Carlos Cuarón was presented at the 18th FICM 10 · 31 · 20 The 18th FICM and Sundance Co//ab will present a webinar by Carlos Cuarón 10 · 09 · 20 Llega la Semana de Cine Mexicano a la CDMX 09 · 18 · 18 Road Movies: Ten Films about Travel 03 · 30 · 18 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cuarón; Carlos Screenwriter and film director, he has written several screenplays in collaboration with his brother, Alfonso Cuarón, including the feature films by Alfonso: Sólo con tu pareja (1991), which won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the 34th Ariel Awards, Mexico, and Y tu mamá también (2001), which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 58th Venice International Film Festival, Italy. His work as director has been presented at numerous festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first feature film Rudo y Cursi (2008), starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, received eight nominations at the 51st Ariel Awards, Mexico, including Best First Film, Best Actor and Best Art Design. His short fiction film The Second Bakery Attack was part of the Official Selection at the 8th FICM. At the 11th FICM, he presented his second feature film Besos de azúcar (2013), which also participated in the 21st San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), among others, and which received eight nominations at the 43rd Silver Goddess Awards, Mexico, including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Carlos Cuarón won the Best Director Award for this film at the 34th Fantasporto. Oporto International Film Festival, Portugal.
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
Amalgama by Carlos Cuarón was presented at the 18th FICM 10 · 31 · 20 The 18th FICM and Sundance Co//ab will present a webinar by Carlos Cuarón 10 · 09 · 20 Llega la Semana de Cine Mexicano a la CDMX 09 · 18 · 18 Road Movies: Ten Films about Travel 03 · 30 · 18
