Image Martínez del Cañizo, Itzel She received a bachelor’s degree in Communication at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC). Since 2000 she has been working to develop collaborative documentary projects, exploring the audiovisual possibilities of different working methodologies. She oversaw the creation of Cuarto Proprio in Tijuana; is the Founding Director of the BorDocs Documentary Forum at the northern border of Mexico; has taught at the Autonomous University of Baja California and the Universidad Iberoamericano; works in public relations at a AIA Post & Color post-production studio and also for Polen between 2010 and 2013. She has taken a range of workshops and courses related to cinema, research, visual arts and has also taken part in the following training initiatives: DOCULAB (FICG), DOCS Forum (DOCS DF) and MoreliaLAB (FICM). She has received financial support from the Young Creators scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and Arts (Jovenes Creadres del Fondo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA), as well as project development support from IMCINE and the Fund for Quality Cinema Production (Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad – FOPROCINE-IMCINE), among others. Her documentaries have been screened at many festivals, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA); Ambulante Documentary Tour; the Utrecht Latin American Film Festival and the Festival Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la Televisión, among others. Her documentary Que suene la calle (2006) won, among other prizes, the Jury Award at the 4th San Diego Women’s Film Festival, plus a Special Mention and the Signis Award for Communication at the 3rd Encuentro Hispanico de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces in Mexico. Her feature documentary El hogar al revés (2014) was part of the official selection at the 12th Morelia Internatioanl Film Festival (FICM). Other Movies 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 ESTRATEGIA MATRIMONIO: the sixties and seventies 03 · 13 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Martínez del Cañizo, Itzel She received a bachelor’s degree in Communication at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC). Since 2000 she has been working to develop collaborative documentary projects, exploring the audiovisual possibilities of different working methodologies. She oversaw the creation of Cuarto Proprio in Tijuana; is the Founding Director of the BorDocs Documentary Forum at the northern border of Mexico; has taught at the Autonomous University of Baja California and the Universidad Iberoamericano; works in public relations at a AIA Post & Color post-production studio and also for Polen between 2010 and 2013. She has taken a range of workshops and courses related to cinema, research, visual arts and has also taken part in the following training initiatives: DOCULAB (FICG), DOCS Forum (DOCS DF) and MoreliaLAB (FICM). She has received financial support from the Young Creators scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and Arts (Jovenes Creadres del Fondo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA), as well as project development support from IMCINE and the Fund for Quality Cinema Production (Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad – FOPROCINE-IMCINE), among others. Her documentaries have been screened at many festivals, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA); Ambulante Documentary Tour; the Utrecht Latin American Film Festival and the Festival Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la Televisión, among others. Her documentary Que suene la calle (2006) won, among other prizes, the Jury Award at the 4th San Diego Women’s Film Festival, plus a Special Mention and the Signis Award for Communication at the 3rd Encuentro Hispanico de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces in Mexico. Her feature documentary El hogar al revés (2014) was part of the official selection at the 12th Morelia Internatioanl Film Festival (FICM).
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 ESTRATEGIA MATRIMONIO: the sixties and seventies 03 · 13 · 25
