Image Malo; Juan Alberto He is currently studying his B.A. in Cinema at the Instituto Mexicano de Investigaciones Cinematográficas y Humanísticas (IMICH), Morelia. Director, editor, producer, writer and actor, he has received diverse support for his work, including the Competitive Funds 2008 of the Ecuador Ministry of Culture for his project “Teatro Ambulante”; and the Municipal Fund in Support of Research in Arts (FOMART) of the municipality of Cuenca, in 2010, with the project “Ritual Nocturno y el Secreto de Dios: Dos cortometrajes de videoarte”. He has also participated in diverse showcases and festivals around the world like the Jameson Notodofilmfest in Madrid, where he presented his short film Catende (2010); the 8th Transterritorial Underground Film Festival of Buenos Aires with his short film La sed (2011); and the 24th Fantastic and Horror Film Festival Marathon Terror de Sants in Barcelona with his short film Pesadilla Rosa (2012). He won the First and the Third Place for his short films La sed and Hombre que ríe (2011), respectively, at the 1st Latin American Short Film Festival IMICH, Morelia. He worked as assistant director in Adrián González Camargo’s feature film debut Enero/January (2013), selected at the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); and in Tiritas de papel (2012) by Yadira Mendoza, winner of the award for Best Film from the Michoacán Section at the 10th FICM. As an editor, he worked, among other films, in the short fiction film by Aldo García Caballero El último día/The Last Day (2012), which participated at the 10th FICM. Juan Alberto has also worked as an actor in numerous plays, among which stand out: Lucas y los fantasmas (2009), his own play signed under the name Blablablanquita; Final de partida (2009), an adaptation of the play by Samuel Beckett; and La ciudad sobre el agua (2012) by Manolo Salgado and Mabel Pettrof. He wrote, also under the pen name Blablablanquita, the theater script La última tecnocumbia en París (2012). He is currently performing the monologue Sobre el daño que hace el tabaco, based on a text by Antón Chéjov. His feature film debut, co-directed by Adrián González Camargo, Andrea en una caja/Andrea Within a Box (2014), was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM. 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 Malo; Juan Alberto He is currently studying his B.A. in Cinema at the Instituto Mexicano de Investigaciones Cinematográficas y Humanísticas (IMICH), Morelia. Director, editor, producer, writer and actor, he has received diverse support for his work, including the Competitive Funds 2008 of the Ecuador Ministry of Culture for his project “Teatro Ambulante”; and the Municipal Fund in Support of Research in Arts (FOMART) of the municipality of Cuenca, in 2010, with the project “Ritual Nocturno y el Secreto de Dios: Dos cortometrajes de videoarte”. He has also participated in diverse showcases and festivals around the world like the Jameson Notodofilmfest in Madrid, where he presented his short film Catende (2010); the 8th Transterritorial Underground Film Festival of Buenos Aires with his short film La sed (2011); and the 24th Fantastic and Horror Film Festival Marathon Terror de Sants in Barcelona with his short film Pesadilla Rosa (2012). He won the First and the Third Place for his short films La sed and Hombre que ríe (2011), respectively, at the 1st Latin American Short Film Festival IMICH, Morelia. He worked as assistant director in Adrián González Camargo’s feature film debut Enero/January (2013), selected at the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); and in Tiritas de papel (2012) by Yadira Mendoza, winner of the award for Best Film from the Michoacán Section at the 10th FICM. As an editor, he worked, among other films, in the short fiction film by Aldo García Caballero El último día/The Last Day (2012), which participated at the 10th FICM. Juan Alberto has also worked as an actor in numerous plays, among which stand out: Lucas y los fantasmas (2009), his own play signed under the name Blablablanquita; Final de partida (2009), an adaptation of the play by Samuel Beckett; and La ciudad sobre el agua (2012) by Manolo Salgado and Mabel Pettrof. He wrote, also under the pen name Blablablanquita, the theater script La última tecnocumbia en París (2012). He is currently performing the monologue Sobre el daño que hace el tabaco, based on a text by Antón Chéjov. His feature film debut, co-directed by Adrián González Camargo, Andrea en una caja/Andrea Within a Box (2014), was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM.
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
