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Fregoso Centeno, Isabel Cristina

She studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City, communication at the Jesuit University of Guadalajara (ITESO, in Spanish), and film appreciation at the Film Research and Teaching Center (CIEC) of the University of Guadalajara (U. de G.). She received the Young Creators Grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2001, the Ford-Rockefeller Grant in 2002 and the Fund for Quality Film Production (FOPROCINE, in Spanish) grant from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) in 2006, among others. Her work has been shown at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world. She received the Ariel for Best Documentary Short Film at the 34th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and the CINED Prize for Best Educational Cinematography at the 24th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba, for her short documentary film Chenalhó, el corazón de los Altos (2000). She participated with her short documentary film Cristeros y Federales (2011) in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 24th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish) and the 5th Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, among others.

 

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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