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 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 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 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 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 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).
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
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 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 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
FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
