Image Mercado, Érika She studied communication at the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP) and received a master’s degree in audiovisual production from the National Audiovisual Institute INA SUP, Bry-sur-Marne, France. She received, among other scholarships, the Young Creators Grant in the video category in 2006 and the Foreign Studies Grant 2008-2010, both from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. As co-director with Alejandro Jiménez Ramos and Mario Trueba, she won the Best Short Documentary for Bendita muerte (2003) at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in addition to the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Festival Aquí y en Corto, Puebla, and the Audience Award at the 4th Festival of Latin American Documentary and Photography in Spain. She won the Short Film Production and Post-production Grant from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the Puebla State Council for Culture and the Arts (CECAP) for her short documentary La visión de Casimira (2014). She is the producer of the feature film La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela D. Ruvacalba, selected for the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). 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 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 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 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Mercado, Érika She studied communication at the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP) and received a master’s degree in audiovisual production from the National Audiovisual Institute INA SUP, Bry-sur-Marne, France. She received, among other scholarships, the Young Creators Grant in the video category in 2006 and the Foreign Studies Grant 2008-2010, both from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. As co-director with Alejandro Jiménez Ramos and Mario Trueba, she won the Best Short Documentary for Bendita muerte (2003) at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in addition to the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Festival Aquí y en Corto, Puebla, and the Audience Award at the 4th Festival of Latin American Documentary and Photography in Spain. She won the Short Film Production and Post-production Grant from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the Puebla State Council for Culture and the Arts (CECAP) for her short documentary La visión de Casimira (2014). She is the producer of the feature film La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela D. Ruvacalba, selected for the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).
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
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