Image López Mendoza; Porfirio Direction, Edition, Photography, Script Porfirio López Mendoza grew up in Michoacán and is a graduate of the University of Guadalajara. He began his filmmaking career with the documentary Las gavillas (2013), followed by the short fiction film Yo también—which was screened at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2025. After this, he made El italiano que nunca habló (2018). His audiovisual body of work explores the social ruptures present in everyday life through stories that aim to reveal the tensions and transformations of his environment. Other Movies If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More 40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More Related News Awards Ceremony of the 13th FICM 11 · 03 · 15 Congratulations to the 13th FICM Winners! 10 · 31 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image López Mendoza; Porfirio Direction, Edition, Photography, Script Porfirio López Mendoza grew up in Michoacán and is a graduate of the University of Guadalajara. He began his filmmaking career with the documentary Las gavillas (2013), followed by the short fiction film Yo también—which was screened at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2025. After this, he made El italiano que nunca habló (2018). His audiovisual body of work explores the social ruptures present in everyday life through stories that aim to reveal the tensions and transformations of his environment.
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
