Image García Franco, Andrés He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City and received a master’s degree in visual arts and film from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), California, United States, with grants from the Fulbright-García Robles and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). He won the Film Production grant of the UNAM Film Archives in 2004, and the CUEC’s First Feature Length Documentary Competition, in 2012, to make La historia negra del cine mexicano, which is currently in postproduction. His cinematographic work has been presented at various film screenings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated with his short fiction film La Invención de Morel (2009) in the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the Short Film Corner of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, France; and the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, among others. The film won First Place in the Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition 2006, and a Special Mention in the 6th International Film Schools Festival, in the context of the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain. At the 7th FICM, he presented his essay film Cines abandonados (2009) in the Cinema Without Borders section. He has also presented various installations and presentations of film live in museums and art galleries around the world, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), California, and the Alameda Art Laboratory, Mexico City. Other Movies If I Were Fire 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 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 40 + 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 Related News A Closer Look at Mexican Experimental Cinema 04 · 28 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image García Franco, Andrés He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City and received a master’s degree in visual arts and film from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), California, United States, with grants from the Fulbright-García Robles and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). He won the Film Production grant of the UNAM Film Archives in 2004, and the CUEC’s First Feature Length Documentary Competition, in 2012, to make La historia negra del cine mexicano, which is currently in postproduction. His cinematographic work has been presented at various film screenings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated with his short fiction film La Invención de Morel (2009) in the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the Short Film Corner of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, France; and the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, among others. The film won First Place in the Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition 2006, and a Special Mention in the 6th International Film Schools Festival, in the context of the 55th San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain. At the 7th FICM, he presented his essay film Cines abandonados (2009) in the Cinema Without Borders section. He has also presented various installations and presentations of film live in museums and art galleries around the world, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), California, and the Alameda Art Laboratory, Mexico City.
If I Were Fire 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 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
40 + 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
