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 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 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.
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
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
