Image Iglesias Mendizábal; Alejandro He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated in more than 10 national and international festivals with his short film Abracadabra (2011), which won the Audience Award for Best Short Film of the Festival and Best Ibero-American Short Film Award at the 7th Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival, Uruguay. He participated in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Contrafábula de una niña disecada (2012), which was presented at more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world; including the 66th Cannes Film Festival; the 24th São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil; the 32nd Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, England; and the 43rd Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival. For this film, he won the Best Director and Best Picture awards at the 8th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM); an Honorable Mention at the 20th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Krakow; and the Young Jury Award at the 36th Rencontres Henri Langlois International Film Schools Festival, Poitiers, France. He participated in the 13th edition of FICM with two films: the short fiction film El humo denso que nos oprime el pecho (2015), and the feature fiction film Sopladora de hojas (2015). 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 Sopladora de Hojas by Alejandro Iglesias at the 13th FICM 10 · 25 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Iglesias Mendizábal; Alejandro He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated in more than 10 national and international festivals with his short film Abracadabra (2011), which won the Audience Award for Best Short Film of the Festival and Best Ibero-American Short Film Award at the 7th Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival, Uruguay. He participated in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Contrafábula de una niña disecada (2012), which was presented at more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world; including the 66th Cannes Film Festival; the 24th São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil; the 32nd Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, England; and the 43rd Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival. For this film, he won the Best Director and Best Picture awards at the 8th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM); an Honorable Mention at the 20th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Krakow; and the Young Jury Award at the 36th Rencontres Henri Langlois International Film Schools Festival, Poitiers, France. He participated in the 13th edition of FICM with two films: the short fiction film El humo denso que nos oprime el pecho (2015), and the feature fiction film Sopladora de hojas (2015).
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
