Image Máximo Cortés, Raúl He studied history at the Michoacán University of Saint Nicolás of Hidalgo (UMICH, in Spanish), Morelia, and a teacher’s training course with a specialty in the Purépecha language at the Foreign Language Center (CELE-UNAM), Morelia. He participated in five editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He presented Korpus (La fiesta de los oficios)(2003) at the 2nd FICM; El cargo (2005) at the 3rd FICM; and El Costumbre (Pidiendo lluvia) (2005) at the 4th FICM. He participated in the 18th Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, with his short documentary Axuni Atari (Cazador de venados)(2006), which won the Best Work from the Michoacán Section at the 5th FICM. He won the same award at the 6th FICM for Aquí ya no entra Don Inés… Casimiro Leco (2008). He participated with his short documentary film Sïruki Tsakapu (Piedra de hormiguero) at the 8th FICM; the 4th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico; and the 7th Indigenous Film and Video Festival (FECVI), Morelia. 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 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Máximo Cortés, Raúl He studied history at the Michoacán University of Saint Nicolás of Hidalgo (UMICH, in Spanish), Morelia, and a teacher’s training course with a specialty in the Purépecha language at the Foreign Language Center (CELE-UNAM), Morelia. He participated in five editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He presented Korpus (La fiesta de los oficios)(2003) at the 2nd FICM; El cargo (2005) at the 3rd FICM; and El Costumbre (Pidiendo lluvia) (2005) at the 4th FICM. He participated in the 18th Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, with his short documentary Axuni Atari (Cazador de venados)(2006), which won the Best Work from the Michoacán Section at the 5th FICM. He won the same award at the 6th FICM for Aquí ya no entra Don Inés… Casimiro Leco (2008). He participated with his short documentary film Sïruki Tsakapu (Piedra de hormiguero) at the 8th FICM; the 4th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico; and the 7th Indigenous Film and Video Festival (FECVI), Morelia.
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 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
