Image Michel Grau, Jorge He studied communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), filmmaking at the CCC film school in Mexico City, and film directing at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC). He received a scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2004, formed part of the Workshop for Young Producers Morelia Lab at the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and participated in Guadalajara Talents 2008. He has presented his works at five editions of FICM: Mi hermano (2005) at the 3rd FICM; Ya ni Pedro Pablo (2003) and Kalimán (2006) at the 4th FICM; 72 (2011) and Chalán (2012) at the 10th FICM; and his first feature Somos lo que hay (2010) at the 8th and the 11th FICM. Somos lo que hay was also presented at the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Festival and it was exhibited at more than 60 festivals around the world; it received the Jury Grand Prize at the 18th Gerardmer International Fantasy Film Festival, France; the Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF); Best First Film at the 13th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the Séquences prize for Best International Feature at the 14th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, among other awards. Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Michel Grau, Jorge He studied communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), filmmaking at the CCC film school in Mexico City, and film directing at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC). He received a scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2004, formed part of the Workshop for Young Producers Morelia Lab at the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and participated in Guadalajara Talents 2008. He has presented his works at five editions of FICM: Mi hermano (2005) at the 3rd FICM; Ya ni Pedro Pablo (2003) and Kalimán (2006) at the 4th FICM; 72 (2011) and Chalán (2012) at the 10th FICM; and his first feature Somos lo que hay (2010) at the 8th and the 11th FICM. Somos lo que hay was also presented at the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Festival and it was exhibited at more than 60 festivals around the world; it received the Jury Grand Prize at the 18th Gerardmer International Fantasy Film Festival, France; the Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF); Best First Film at the 13th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the Séquences prize for Best International Feature at the 14th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, among other awards.
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24