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 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 The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 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 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.
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
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
