Image Félix Mercado; Hugo He studied computer engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filmmaking at the Film University of the Mexican Association of Independent Filmmakers (AMCI, in Spanish). His fiction short film 10:15:00 AM (2006) was shown at more than 30 screenings and festivals around the world, including the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 30th São Paulo International Film Festival and the 3rd Corto Circuito Short Film Festival of New York. It also received a Special Mention of the Jury at the 21st Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); Best Screenwriting Award at the 4th National Screenwriting Contest by the Society of Mexican Writers (SOGEM, in Spanish); and Special Mention of the Jury at the 28th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana. 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 The space horror of Cygnus, by Hugo Félix Mercado, premiered at the 15th FICM 10 · 24 · 17 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Félix Mercado; Hugo He studied computer engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filmmaking at the Film University of the Mexican Association of Independent Filmmakers (AMCI, in Spanish). His fiction short film 10:15:00 AM (2006) was shown at more than 30 screenings and festivals around the world, including the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 30th São Paulo International Film Festival and the 3rd Corto Circuito Short Film Festival of New York. It also received a Special Mention of the Jury at the 21st Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); Best Screenwriting Award at the 4th National Screenwriting Contest by the Society of Mexican Writers (SOGEM, in Spanish); and Special Mention of the Jury at the 28th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana.
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
