Image Ibaven, Michelle She studied communication at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico, and did postgraduate studies at the Madrid Film School, Spain: in documentary film directing and screenwriting, and directing of photography for digital film. She received the “David Alfaro Siqueiros” Artistic Creation and Development Stimulus Program grant, in Chihuahua, on two occasions in 2010 and in 2012. She won the Best Short Film Documentary award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), Mexico, with her short documentary film Coyera (2009). She won the award for Best Documentary by a Woman at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for her first feature length documentary No hay lugar lejano (2012), which was shown at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world and won, among other prizes, a Jury Special Mention at the 23rd Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, and three awards for Best Documentary: at the 7th Ecozine International Film and Environment Festival of Zaragoza, Spain; the 11th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), Nepal; and the 5th “Cinema Planeta” International Film and Environment Festival, Mexico City. Other Movies 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 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. See More 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. See More Related News Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ibaven, Michelle She studied communication at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico, and did postgraduate studies at the Madrid Film School, Spain: in documentary film directing and screenwriting, and directing of photography for digital film. She received the “David Alfaro Siqueiros” Artistic Creation and Development Stimulus Program grant, in Chihuahua, on two occasions in 2010 and in 2012. She won the Best Short Film Documentary award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), Mexico, with her short documentary film Coyera (2009). She won the award for Best Documentary by a Woman at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for her first feature length documentary No hay lugar lejano (2012), which was shown at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world and won, among other prizes, a Jury Special Mention at the 23rd Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, and three awards for Best Documentary: at the 7th Ecozine International Film and Environment Festival of Zaragoza, Spain; the 11th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), Nepal; and the 5th “Cinema Planeta” International Film and Environment Festival, Mexico City.
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
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. See More
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. See More
Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25
