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Gruener, Daniel

He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and has received more than 10 awards around the world. His first film, Sobrenatural (1996), won the awards for Best Picture and Best Director at the 37th Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), Colombia, and four Ariel Awards at the 38th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico. At the 1st FICM, he presented his short fiction film De jazmín en flor (1996), which received an Ariel Award for Best Fiction Short Film at the 39th Ariel Awards Ceremony and the award for Best Short Film at the 15th Festival des Films du Monde (FFM, in French), Montreal. His feature film Morirse en domingo (2006) premiered at the 4th FICM. It won the Best International Picture award at the 8th Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF), Canada, and six Silver Goddess Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the 37th Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico. He has also worked on several theatrical, multimedia and advertising projects, including the staging of the opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, El teléfono (1999), with the Chamber Orchestra of Fine Arts (OCBA, in Spanish), and the production Una ventana a nuestra historia, part of Mexico’s 2010 Bicentennial Independence Celebrations.

Other Movies

Mexico will no longer exist!

¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más!

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.”

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Ziuta travesías

Ziuta travesías

Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life.

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Zinzindurrunkarratz

Zinzindurrunkarratz

Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way.

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