Image Erazo; Juan Manuel He graduated from the Universidad Panamericana (UP), Mexico. He has worked as the director and editor of various documentary and animation projects. He participated as assistant director in Abolición de la propiedad (2012), directed by Jesús Magaña Vázquez, among other Mexican films. He worked in the film production company Postal Pictures in Mexico. He is co-founder of Alterritorios, a platform for experimental workshops in creation and cultural investigation, and the independent publishing house Merma, vasija troceada de letras y grafias. In 2013 he founded object a, the nomad experimental film laboratory. His short film Fantôme (2013) received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 16th Ícaro Festival and was presented at the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico. He received support from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, and Trofeo a la Vida, S.A. de C.V. to make his documentary project El último querreque (2014). His short film Siguientes en la fila (2014) won the Ciudades Culturales competition organized by CONACULTA and Trofeo a la Vida S.A. de C.V. and was presented at the 18th GIFF and the 6th Ay! Guana Shorts! Guanajuato Short Film Fest, Mexico. His short film Arbeit Macht Frei (2015) was part of the Official Selection of the 13th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is currently in the post-production stage for his debut feature film Impasse (2015), the winning project of the La Cultura nos Convoca a Todos competition organized by the Fundación Abrakadabra and CONACULTA. 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 The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Erazo; Juan Manuel He graduated from the Universidad Panamericana (UP), Mexico. He has worked as the director and editor of various documentary and animation projects. He participated as assistant director in Abolición de la propiedad (2012), directed by Jesús Magaña Vázquez, among other Mexican films. He worked in the film production company Postal Pictures in Mexico. He is co-founder of Alterritorios, a platform for experimental workshops in creation and cultural investigation, and the independent publishing house Merma, vasija troceada de letras y grafias. In 2013 he founded object a, the nomad experimental film laboratory. His short film Fantôme (2013) received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 16th Ícaro Festival and was presented at the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico. He received support from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, and Trofeo a la Vida, S.A. de C.V. to make his documentary project El último querreque (2014). His short film Siguientes en la fila (2014) won the Ciudades Culturales competition organized by CONACULTA and Trofeo a la Vida S.A. de C.V. and was presented at the 18th GIFF and the 6th Ay! Guana Shorts! Guanajuato Short Film Fest, Mexico. His short film Arbeit Macht Frei (2015) was part of the Official Selection of the 13th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is currently in the post-production stage for his debut feature film Impasse (2015), the winning project of the La Cultura nos Convoca a Todos competition organized by the Fundación Abrakadabra and CONACULTA.
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
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
