Image Maza; Santiago Direction, Script, Production Santiago Maza is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He graduated in Communication from the Ibero-American University and later moved to London, where he studied Documentary Filmmaking at the National Film & Television School (NFTS) and earned a Master’s degree in Screenwriting from the London Film School (LFS). In 2011, he was chosen to join the Berlinale Talent Campus and took part in Doculab in 2017.His body of work encompasses fiction and documentary projects screened at international film festivals. His directorial debut, Los truenos de San Juan [The Thunder Feast] (2017), participated in multiple international film festivals and won the Best Documentary Award at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. He also co-directed the Netflix documentary series Reasonable Doubt: A Tale of Two Kidnappings (2021) and directed El Tema (2021-2022)—a series about the climate crisis in Mexico. In 2024, he released Estado de silencio [State of Silence], a documentary produced by Diego Luna that examines the risks journalists face in Mexico, which received several international awards. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Maza; Santiago Direction, Script, Production Santiago Maza is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He graduated in Communication from the Ibero-American University and later moved to London, where he studied Documentary Filmmaking at the National Film & Television School (NFTS) and earned a Master’s degree in Screenwriting from the London Film School (LFS). In 2011, he was chosen to join the Berlinale Talent Campus and took part in Doculab in 2017.His body of work encompasses fiction and documentary projects screened at international film festivals. His directorial debut, Los truenos de San Juan [The Thunder Feast] (2017), participated in multiple international film festivals and won the Best Documentary Award at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. He also co-directed the Netflix documentary series Reasonable Doubt: A Tale of Two Kidnappings (2021) and directed El Tema (2021-2022)—a series about the climate crisis in Mexico. In 2024, he released Estado de silencio [State of Silence], a documentary produced by Diego Luna that examines the risks journalists face in Mexico, which received several international awards.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
