Image Escalante; Amat A self taught filmmaker, he spent the first years of his life in Guanajuato, Mexico, and began working in film at 15 years old. His work has been presented at numerous film festivals around the world, including four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He made his debut as a filmmaker with his short fiction film Amarrados (2002), presented at the 10th FICM in the special series “Ten Years of Mantarraya.” His first feature film Sangre (2005) premiered at the 3rd FICM and won, among other awards, the FIPRESCI Prize at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, France, in the “Un Certain Regard” section, and the Silver Alexander Award at the 46th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), Greece. He worked as a director’s assistant on the second feature film by Carlos Reygadas, Batalla en el cielo (2005), which won the Best Picture, Best Photography and Critics’ Award at the 9th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; Best Picture at the 11th Festivalíssimo, the Latin American Film Festival of Montreal, Canada; and the Screen International Award at the 17th European Film Awards Ceremony by the European Film Academy (EFA). He participated in the 61st Cannes Film Festival with his second feature film, Los bastardos (2008), which won the Best Mexican Feature Film Award at the 6th FICM; the Student Jury Award for Best Picture and Best Director at the 10th International Film Festival Bratislava (IFF Bratislava), Slovak Republic; and the Second International Critics Award at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his short film El cura Nicolás colgado in the collective work Revolución (2010), that was also presented at the 49th Critics’ Week, Cannes, and that won the Abrazo award for Best Feature Film and the French Union of Film Critics Award at the 19th Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France. His third feature film Heli (2013) won the Best Director Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival; the ARRI/OSRAM Award for Best Foreign Film at the 31st Munich Film Festival, Germany; Best Director Award at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the Cine Latino Award at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), California, among others. Heli was shown at a special screening at the 11th FICM, where Amat Escalante received the Tradicional Cuervo Award for Best Director of the Year 2013. 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 Interview: LOST IN THE NIGHT, a Different Perspective on Disappearances 12 · 14 · 23 Ellos son los mexicanos más creativos de 2018, según Forbes 01 · 14 · 19 Cinépolis KLIC se une a los festejos del Dia Nacional del Cine Mexicano 08 · 16 · 18 Directores mexicanos que saltaron del cine a las series 06 · 08 · 18 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Escalante; Amat A self taught filmmaker, he spent the first years of his life in Guanajuato, Mexico, and began working in film at 15 years old. His work has been presented at numerous film festivals around the world, including four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He made his debut as a filmmaker with his short fiction film Amarrados (2002), presented at the 10th FICM in the special series “Ten Years of Mantarraya.” His first feature film Sangre (2005) premiered at the 3rd FICM and won, among other awards, the FIPRESCI Prize at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, France, in the “Un Certain Regard” section, and the Silver Alexander Award at the 46th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), Greece. He worked as a director’s assistant on the second feature film by Carlos Reygadas, Batalla en el cielo (2005), which won the Best Picture, Best Photography and Critics’ Award at the 9th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; Best Picture at the 11th Festivalíssimo, the Latin American Film Festival of Montreal, Canada; and the Screen International Award at the 17th European Film Awards Ceremony by the European Film Academy (EFA). He participated in the 61st Cannes Film Festival with his second feature film, Los bastardos (2008), which won the Best Mexican Feature Film Award at the 6th FICM; the Student Jury Award for Best Picture and Best Director at the 10th International Film Festival Bratislava (IFF Bratislava), Slovak Republic; and the Second International Critics Award at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his short film El cura Nicolás colgado in the collective work Revolución (2010), that was also presented at the 49th Critics’ Week, Cannes, and that won the Abrazo award for Best Feature Film and the French Union of Film Critics Award at the 19th Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France. His third feature film Heli (2013) won the Best Director Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival; the ARRI/OSRAM Award for Best Foreign Film at the 31st Munich Film Festival, Germany; Best Director Award at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico; and the Cine Latino Award at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), California, among others. Heli was shown at a special screening at the 11th FICM, where Amat Escalante received the Tradicional Cuervo Award for Best Director of the Year 2013.
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
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