Image del Paso; Joaquín He got his B.A. and Masters degrees in cinematography at the Łódź Film School in Poland. His work has traveled in numerous festivals around the world: he participated in the 26th Torino Film Festival (TFF) in Italy with his short documentary film Dialogue about an imageWaterdrop (2010), co-directed with Jan Pawel Trzaska, was presented at the 35th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland, and at the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. With his medium-length documentary film El sueño de San Juan / Dream of San Juan (2012), also co-directed by Jan Pawel Trzaska, he participated in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, and in the 3rd Puebla International Film Festival (FIC Puebla). In 2013 he premiered, at the 13th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland, his medium-length film Siamese, which was also selected by the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and by the Gdynia Film Festival, where it received a Mention from the jury. His feature film debut Maquinaria Panamericana (2016) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and so far it has participated in the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), where it won the FIPRESCI Award and the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film; in the Merida and Yucatan International Film Festival (FICMY), where it won the Award for Best Film from the Latin American debut section; and in the Durango Mexican Film Festival, where it won the Award for Best Feature Film, the Critics Award, the Young Jury Award and the Centro Buñuel Calanda Award. Maquinaria Panamericana’s international tour includes the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Kino Pavasaris in Lithuania, among others. He is currently writing his second feature film. 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 La presencia mexicana en el Zurich Film Festival 09 · 13 · 16 Mexican Cinema at the 2016 Berlinale 02 · 15 · 16 Película mexicana seleccionada en Cine en Construcción 27 03 · 11 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image del Paso; Joaquín He got his B.A. and Masters degrees in cinematography at the Łódź Film School in Poland. His work has traveled in numerous festivals around the world: he participated in the 26th Torino Film Festival (TFF) in Italy with his short documentary film Dialogue about an imageWaterdrop (2010), co-directed with Jan Pawel Trzaska, was presented at the 35th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland, and at the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. With his medium-length documentary film El sueño de San Juan / Dream of San Juan (2012), also co-directed by Jan Pawel Trzaska, he participated in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, and in the 3rd Puebla International Film Festival (FIC Puebla). In 2013 he premiered, at the 13th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland, his medium-length film Siamese, which was also selected by the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and by the Gdynia Film Festival, where it received a Mention from the jury. His feature film debut Maquinaria Panamericana (2016) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and so far it has participated in the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), where it won the FIPRESCI Award and the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film; in the Merida and Yucatan International Film Festival (FICMY), where it won the Award for Best Film from the Latin American debut section; and in the Durango Mexican Film Festival, where it won the Award for Best Feature Film, the Critics Award, the Young Jury Award and the Centro Buñuel Calanda Award. Maquinaria Panamericana’s international tour includes the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Kino Pavasaris in Lithuania, among others. He is currently writing his second feature film.
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
La presencia mexicana en el Zurich Film Festival 09 · 13 · 16 Mexican Cinema at the 2016 Berlinale 02 · 15 · 16 Película mexicana seleccionada en Cine en Construcción 27 03 · 11 · 15
