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 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 The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 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).
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
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
