Image Escalante, Martín He has worked on various films with director Amat Escalante: in the direct sound of the short fiction film Amarrados (2002), presented in the Mantarraya Special Program at the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); as camera assistant and casting director of Amat’s first feature film, Sangre (2005), which premiered at the 3rd FICM and won the FIPRESCI Critics Award at the 58th Cannes Film Festival; and as casting director of the feature film Heli (2013), which won the Best Director award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival and was presented at the 11th FICM. He participated in the 6th FICM as director of his short film Crónica breve de la filmación de Sangre (2007), and the 9th FICM with his short film Hill Street (2010). The last film also participated in other festivals, including the 32nd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba. He participated with his short film, La vida cotidiana de un observador (2012), in the 12th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland. His feature-length documentary Heli, detrás de las cámaras (2013) participated in the 14th Film Festival of Lima, Peru, and the 4th Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, Romania. 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Escalante, Martín He has worked on various films with director Amat Escalante: in the direct sound of the short fiction film Amarrados (2002), presented in the Mantarraya Special Program at the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); as camera assistant and casting director of Amat’s first feature film, Sangre (2005), which premiered at the 3rd FICM and won the FIPRESCI Critics Award at the 58th Cannes Film Festival; and as casting director of the feature film Heli (2013), which won the Best Director award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival and was presented at the 11th FICM. He participated in the 6th FICM as director of his short film Crónica breve de la filmación de Sangre (2007), and the 9th FICM with his short film Hill Street (2010). The last film also participated in other festivals, including the 32nd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba. He participated with his short film, La vida cotidiana de un observador (2012), in the 12th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland. His feature-length documentary Heli, detrás de las cámaras (2013) participated in the 14th Film Festival of Lima, Peru, and the 4th Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, Romania.
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
