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 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 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.
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
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
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
