Image Figueroa Flores, Gabriel He studied information technologies at the Iberoamericana University (UIA, in Spanish) in Mexico City and visual arts at the University of Westminster, London. He participated in workshops wtih Ansel Adams, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Arnold Newman and Eikon Hosoe. He is the author of several books, including Archipiélago Revillagigedo, La Última frontera (1988), Arquitectura Fantástica Mexicana (1991) and 500 años de Baja California (1997). As a visual artist, his work has been exhibited in more than five countries. “Vistas Construídas” was shown at the Fototeca de Monterrey in 2012 and “Horizontes” at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Paris in 2013, among other venues. He has also dedicated himself to the restoration of the photographic legacy of his father, the renowned Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 17th Hamburg International Film Festival, among others, with his documentary Un retrato para Diego (La revolución de la mirada) (2007). 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 Figueroa Flores, Gabriel He studied information technologies at the Iberoamericana University (UIA, in Spanish) in Mexico City and visual arts at the University of Westminster, London. He participated in workshops wtih Ansel Adams, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Arnold Newman and Eikon Hosoe. He is the author of several books, including Archipiélago Revillagigedo, La Última frontera (1988), Arquitectura Fantástica Mexicana (1991) and 500 años de Baja California (1997). As a visual artist, his work has been exhibited in more than five countries. “Vistas Construídas” was shown at the Fototeca de Monterrey in 2012 and “Horizontes” at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Paris in 2013, among other venues. He has also dedicated himself to the restoration of the photographic legacy of his father, the renowned Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 17th Hamburg International Film Festival, among others, with his documentary Un retrato para Diego (La revolución de la mirada) (2007).
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
