Image Fernández, León He studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. He is a sculptor and animator, and founder of Humanimalia Studio, a company dedicated to the manufacture of puppets for stop-motion animation. He has participated in more than 30 festivals around the world with his short film Mutatio (2011), among them, the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won, for this work, the Rigo Mora Award at the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); A Special Jury Prize at the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba; and Best Animation at the 5th Crown Fastnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, among others. His short film Taller de corazones (2016) was part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM, winning the best short animation. Los aeronautas (2016), won him the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Ariel Awards, in Mexico. 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 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Fernández, León He studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. He is a sculptor and animator, and founder of Humanimalia Studio, a company dedicated to the manufacture of puppets for stop-motion animation. He has participated in more than 30 festivals around the world with his short film Mutatio (2011), among them, the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won, for this work, the Rigo Mora Award at the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); A Special Jury Prize at the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba; and Best Animation at the 5th Crown Fastnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, among others. His short film Taller de corazones (2016) was part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM, winning the best short animation. Los aeronautas (2016), won him the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Ariel Awards, in Mexico.
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
Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16
