Image Meléndez, Carlos He studied directing, editing and screenwriting at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) and took various courses and workshops with professors like Robert McKee, Dov Simens, Judith Weston and Michael Rowe, among others. He is the director of the television series Paracinema: El cine de lo anormal (2013). He received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) for writing the screenplay for his feature film Las orillas del infinito, currently in development. He participated in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Estrella de plata (2008), which was also presented at the Short Film Corner of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, France. His short film Foco rojo (2011) was part of the 48 Hour Film Project 2011, where it received 13 nominations and four awards, including the Audience Award. His short fiction film El huésped (2013) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM. This work has also been presented at the 9th Fright Night Film Festival, Kentucky, United States; the 3rd Baja International Film Festival (BIFF), Los Cabos; and the 13th Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror de la Ciudad de México Macabro, among others. His feature film After School (2014) won the Best Director, Best Actor and Best Picture awards at the World Film Festival 2014, United States. 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 Mesa con realizadores de cortometrajes y documentales 10 · 22 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Meléndez, Carlos He studied directing, editing and screenwriting at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) and took various courses and workshops with professors like Robert McKee, Dov Simens, Judith Weston and Michael Rowe, among others. He is the director of the television series Paracinema: El cine de lo anormal (2013). He received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) for writing the screenplay for his feature film Las orillas del infinito, currently in development. He participated in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Estrella de plata (2008), which was also presented at the Short Film Corner of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, France. His short film Foco rojo (2011) was part of the 48 Hour Film Project 2011, where it received 13 nominations and four awards, including the Audience Award. His short fiction film El huésped (2013) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th FICM. This work has also been presented at the 9th Fright Night Film Festival, Kentucky, United States; the 3rd Baja International Film Festival (BIFF), Los Cabos; and the 13th Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror de la Ciudad de México Macabro, among others. His feature film After School (2014) won the Best Director, Best Actor and Best Picture awards at the World Film Festival 2014, United States.
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
