Image Leyva; Ileana She studied film, with a specialty in film direction, at the CUEC-UNAM film school. She received a master’s degree in photography and video at the National School of Decorative Arts in París as part of a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA, in Spanish) of Mexico and a master’s at the Sorbonne – París 1 in screenwriting, directing and production. She received the Best Short Film in Video award at the 2nd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) for De causas y azares (2006). Her short film Crónica de un instante (2009) was part selected at the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 5th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival, the 22nd Istanbul International Film Festival, and the 32nd International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, among others. Her documentary short film Dans les couloirs (2015) was part of the Official Selection of the 13th FICM. She is currently in production of two film projects, one of them is the documentary feature film Aché!, which received a grant from the Ibermedia Desarrollo program and participated at the competition of the IMCINE award of the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF). 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Leyva; Ileana She studied film, with a specialty in film direction, at the CUEC-UNAM film school. She received a master’s degree in photography and video at the National School of Decorative Arts in París as part of a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA, in Spanish) of Mexico and a master’s at the Sorbonne – París 1 in screenwriting, directing and production. She received the Best Short Film in Video award at the 2nd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) for De causas y azares (2006). Her short film Crónica de un instante (2009) was part selected at the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 5th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival, the 22nd Istanbul International Film Festival, and the 32nd International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, among others. Her documentary short film Dans les couloirs (2015) was part of the Official Selection of the 13th FICM. She is currently in production of two film projects, one of them is the documentary feature film Aché!, which received a grant from the Ibermedia Desarrollo program and participated at the competition of the IMCINE award of the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF).
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
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Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
