Image Díaz Vega, José Leonardo He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He is currently working there on a screenplay for his first feature film and graduate thesis Aunados, which will be filmed in 2015. His short fiction film Nunca regreses (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). The film has been shown at various film festivals around the world, including the 38th Festival des Films du Monde (FFM Montréal), Canada; the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the 5th Oaxaca Film Fest. He received for this work the awards for Best Iberoamerican Short Film at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) and the Best Mexican Short Fiction Film at the 10th Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey). 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 FICM Winning Short Films Online: Never Come Back, by José Leonardo Díaz Vega 01 · 15 · 18 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15 FICM'S presence at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 04 · 20 · 15 Congratulations to the 12th FICM Winners! 10 · 24 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Díaz Vega, José Leonardo He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He is currently working there on a screenplay for his first feature film and graduate thesis Aunados, which will be filmed in 2015. His short fiction film Nunca regreses (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). The film has been shown at various film festivals around the world, including the 38th Festival des Films du Monde (FFM Montréal), Canada; the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the 5th Oaxaca Film Fest. He received for this work the awards for Best Iberoamerican Short Film at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) and the Best Mexican Short Fiction Film at the 10th Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey).
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
FICM Winning Short Films Online: Never Come Back, by José Leonardo Díaz Vega 01 · 15 · 18 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15 FICM'S presence at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 04 · 20 · 15 Congratulations to the 12th FICM Winners! 10 · 24 · 14
