Image Défossé, Nicolás He took preparatory classes for the Normal Superior School (ENS, in French) in París at the Liceo Lakanal, Sceaux, Île de France, and received a master’s degree in philosophy from the Universidad Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he took classes in film and audiovisual studies. His work has participated in more than 40 festivals around the world, including the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 5th FICM, he participated with his short documentary El camino mayo con la otra campaña (2007) and in the 6th FICM with Yerbabuena (2007), which received two honorable mentions: at the 2nd International Film Festival on Human Rights in Mexico (DHFEST) and the 5th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City. His first feature-length documentary, ¡Viva México! (2009), won the Salvador Allende Award at the 7th Latino Film Festival of Brussels (LAFF), the Audience Award at the 27th Latin American Film Festival, Bourdeaux, and an Honorable Mention at the 13th edition of the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives, among other awards. 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Défossé, Nicolás He took preparatory classes for the Normal Superior School (ENS, in French) in París at the Liceo Lakanal, Sceaux, Île de France, and received a master’s degree in philosophy from the Universidad Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he took classes in film and audiovisual studies. His work has participated in more than 40 festivals around the world, including the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 5th FICM, he participated with his short documentary El camino mayo con la otra campaña (2007) and in the 6th FICM with Yerbabuena (2007), which received two honorable mentions: at the 2nd International Film Festival on Human Rights in Mexico (DHFEST) and the 5th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City. His first feature-length documentary, ¡Viva México! (2009), won the Salvador Allende Award at the 7th Latino Film Festival of Brussels (LAFF), the Audience Award at the 27th Latin American Film Festival, Bourdeaux, and an Honorable Mention at the 13th edition of the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives, among other awards.
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
