Image González; Juan Pablo He graduated from an M.F.A. in Film Direction and Production at the University of Texas at Austin, Unites States. He received a scholarship for studying abroad from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) from 2012-2013, and another scholarship from the Austin Film Society. He has worked as director of photography in diverse documentaries made in Mexico, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Central America. He participated in the 17th Las Americas International Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, with his documentary short film about the Mexican-American writer Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Hinojosa (2013), as part of the section “Made in Texas”. His documentary short film ¿Por qué el recuerdo? (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In 2015 he was named one of the 25 new faces of independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. His work includes documentary, fiction and experimental films, which have been shown in festival such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the Festival del film Locarno, Switzerland; the Cannes Film Festival, France; and the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsDF), Mexico, among others. He is currently a professor of the Master in Film Direction at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). 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 Mexicanos en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Rotterdam 2018 01 · 25 · 18 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Función de cortometrajes del FICM en París 05 · 26 · 15 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image González; Juan Pablo He graduated from an M.F.A. in Film Direction and Production at the University of Texas at Austin, Unites States. He received a scholarship for studying abroad from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) from 2012-2013, and another scholarship from the Austin Film Society. He has worked as director of photography in diverse documentaries made in Mexico, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Central America. He participated in the 17th Las Americas International Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, with his documentary short film about the Mexican-American writer Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Hinojosa (2013), as part of the section “Made in Texas”. His documentary short film ¿Por qué el recuerdo? (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In 2015 he was named one of the 25 new faces of independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. His work includes documentary, fiction and experimental films, which have been shown in festival such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the Festival del film Locarno, Switzerland; the Cannes Film Festival, France; and the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsDF), Mexico, among others. He is currently a professor of the Master in Film Direction at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
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
Mexicanos en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Rotterdam 2018 01 · 25 · 18 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Función de cortometrajes del FICM en París 05 · 26 · 15 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15
