Image Matus Alonso; Patricia Direction Patricia Matus Alonso is a Mexican researcher and audiovisual filmmaker originally from Oaxaca. She holds a Doctoral degree in Feminist Studies from the Metropolitan Autonomous University [UAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana]. Her academic work focuses on body studies, feminist anthropologies, and the experiences of Zapotec women from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. She is currently undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities [CEIICH, by its acronym in Spanish, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades] at the National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México].Her audiovisual practice is grounded in ethnographic research and participatory action research processes, with a special interest in the experiences, resistances, and forms of organization of Zapotec women in response to transformations in their territory. Her approach to community cinema was shaped by her training at JEQO, where she integrates audiovisual media as a means to support and raise awareness of community processes.In 2026, she made her official debut as co-director of Ni racaladxe’ (Lo que yo quiero) [What I Want], together with Alma Yoari Cizana López—a documentary short film made with the support of the Incentive for Audiovisual Creation in Mexico and Central America for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Communities [ECAMC, by its initialism in Spanish, Creación Audiovisual en México y Centroamérica para Comunidades Indígenas y Afrodescendientes]. 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 Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Matus Alonso; Patricia Direction Patricia Matus Alonso is a Mexican researcher and audiovisual filmmaker originally from Oaxaca. She holds a Doctoral degree in Feminist Studies from the Metropolitan Autonomous University [UAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana]. Her academic work focuses on body studies, feminist anthropologies, and the experiences of Zapotec women from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. She is currently undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities [CEIICH, by its acronym in Spanish, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades] at the National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México].Her audiovisual practice is grounded in ethnographic research and participatory action research processes, with a special interest in the experiences, resistances, and forms of organization of Zapotec women in response to transformations in their territory. Her approach to community cinema was shaped by her training at JEQO, where she integrates audiovisual media as a means to support and raise awareness of community processes.In 2026, she made her official debut as co-director of Ni racaladxe’ (Lo que yo quiero) [What I Want], together with Alma Yoari Cizana López—a documentary short film made with the support of the Incentive for Audiovisual Creation in Mexico and Central America for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Communities [ECAMC, by its initialism in Spanish, Creación Audiovisual en México y Centroamérica para Comunidades Indígenas y Afrodescendientes].
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 Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26
Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26
