Image Márquez; Kenya She studied communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) and took a course in screenwriting at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her short fiction film Cruz (1998) was part of the tribute to Damián Alcázar at the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the same edition of FICM, the director received a Special Mention and the Audience Award for her first feature film Fecha de caducidad (2011). It was presented at more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world and won several awards, including the Best Feature Film from Jalisco award at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish); the Silver Colón for Best Director at the 38thIberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain; the Special Jury Award at the 15thSouth American Film Encounters, Marseille, France; the Manicuripe Award for Best Sound at the 22ndCine Ceará Ibero-american Film Fest, Brazil; and awards for Best Photography, Best Screenplay and Best First Film at the 5th Latin American Film Festival of Flanders, Brussels. 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 Asfixia, de Kenya Márquez, premiada en el Festival de Brooklyn 06 · 25 · 20 Del humor negro al drama: Entrevista a Kenya Márquez, directora de Asfixia 11 · 22 · 18 Kenya Márquez presented Asfixia, a film in competition at the 16th FICM 10 · 23 · 18 XV years, 15 editions: FICM 2011, 9th edition 08 · 16 · 17 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Márquez; Kenya She studied communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) and took a course in screenwriting at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her short fiction film Cruz (1998) was part of the tribute to Damián Alcázar at the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the same edition of FICM, the director received a Special Mention and the Audience Award for her first feature film Fecha de caducidad (2011). It was presented at more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world and won several awards, including the Best Feature Film from Jalisco award at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish); the Silver Colón for Best Director at the 38thIberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain; the Special Jury Award at the 15thSouth American Film Encounters, Marseille, France; the Manicuripe Award for Best Sound at the 22ndCine Ceará Ibero-american Film Fest, Brazil; and awards for Best Photography, Best Screenplay and Best First Film at the 5th Latin American Film Festival of Flanders, Brussels.
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
Asfixia, de Kenya Márquez, premiada en el Festival de Brooklyn 06 · 25 · 20 Del humor negro al drama: Entrevista a Kenya Márquez, directora de Asfixia 11 · 22 · 18 Kenya Márquez presented Asfixia, a film in competition at the 16th FICM 10 · 23 · 18 XV years, 15 editions: FICM 2011, 9th edition 08 · 16 · 17
