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Franco; Michel

As a director, screenwriter and producer, the following films stand out in his filmography: Chronic (2015), a film nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of the Best Screenplay at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, and Después Lucía (2012) Certain Regard at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.

As a producer, standouts include 600 Millas (2015), directed by Gabriel Ripstein and winner of the Best Opera Prima Award at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), and Desde allá, directed by Lorenzo Vigas and winner of the Golden Lion At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. As a director, he has presented three works at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM): Entre dos (2003) at the 1st FICM, Daniel y Ana (2009) at the 7th FICM and A los ojos (2013) at the 11th FICM. His most recent work, Chronic, had its national premiere at the 13th FICM.

In 2017, his film Las hijas de Abril, was part of the official selection of Cannes and received the Prize of the Jury.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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