Image Merino, Martha Cristiana She took a course in art history at the Instituto de Cultura Superior in Mexico City and a writers’ workshop with Mexican writer Ana Terán. She took various classes in theater and film, including a class with Lola Cohen at The Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute, Santa Monica, and another in documentary development research with Thom Powers, the programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), at New York University (NYU). She received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 4th Corona Fasnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, for Alterego y la máscara del miedo (2011), which also participated in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 8th International Short Film Festival FENACO, Peru, and the 8th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), among others. She is currently seeking funds for her first feature film project La alacrana and is writing the screenplay for her documentary A Kidnap: The Other Side of the Coin. 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 CAYÓ DE LA GLORIA EL DIABLO 05 · 08 · 25 The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 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 Merino, Martha Cristiana She took a course in art history at the Instituto de Cultura Superior in Mexico City and a writers’ workshop with Mexican writer Ana Terán. She took various classes in theater and film, including a class with Lola Cohen at The Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute, Santa Monica, and another in documentary development research with Thom Powers, the programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), at New York University (NYU). She received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 4th Corona Fasnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, for Alterego y la máscara del miedo (2011), which also participated in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 8th International Short Film Festival FENACO, Peru, and the 8th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), among others. She is currently seeking funds for her first feature film project La alacrana and is writing the screenplay for her documentary A Kidnap: The Other Side of the Coin.
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
CAYÓ DE LA GLORIA EL DIABLO 05 · 08 · 25 The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25
