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 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 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).
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
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