Image Miller Encinas; Elisa She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Since she was very young, she has participated in well-known festivals throughout the world. When she was a student, she received the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film for Ver llover (2006) at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, France. The film also won the Best Short Fiction Film Award at the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and at the 50th Ariel Awards, Mexico, among others. Her short fiction film Roma (2008) won the Studio 5 de Mayo Special Award at the 6th FICM; Best Short Film at the 10th IMAGO - International Youth Film Festival, Portugal; Best Director award in the Whistling Woods International (WWI) student film competition at the 8th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), India; and an Honorable Mention at the 12th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). She participated in the 8th FICM with her first feature film Vete más lejos, Alicia (2010), which had its international premiere at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Elisa Miller received, among other grants and awards, the Young Creators Grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2009, and she participated in the writers program at the Binger Filmlab, Amsterdam, from 2010 to 2011. Her feature fiction film El placer es mío (2015) is part of the 13th FICM's Official Selection. 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 Cortometraje: Ver llover, de Elisa Miller 09 · 05 · 16 Ten Contemporary Female Mexican Directors 03 · 19 · 15 Mexican cinema at the 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam 01 · 20 · 14 Elisa Miller recomienda Viajo porque preciso, vuelvo porque te amo 07 · 15 · 11 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Miller Encinas; Elisa She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Since she was very young, she has participated in well-known festivals throughout the world. When she was a student, she received the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film for Ver llover (2006) at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, France. The film also won the Best Short Fiction Film Award at the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and at the 50th Ariel Awards, Mexico, among others. Her short fiction film Roma (2008) won the Studio 5 de Mayo Special Award at the 6th FICM; Best Short Film at the 10th IMAGO - International Youth Film Festival, Portugal; Best Director award in the Whistling Woods International (WWI) student film competition at the 8th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), India; and an Honorable Mention at the 12th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). She participated in the 8th FICM with her first feature film Vete más lejos, Alicia (2010), which had its international premiere at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Elisa Miller received, among other grants and awards, the Young Creators Grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2009, and she participated in the writers program at the Binger Filmlab, Amsterdam, from 2010 to 2011. Her feature fiction film El placer es mío (2015) is part of the 13th FICM's Official Selection.
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
Cortometraje: Ver llover, de Elisa Miller 09 · 05 · 16 Ten Contemporary Female Mexican Directors 03 · 19 · 15 Mexican cinema at the 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam 01 · 20 · 14 Elisa Miller recomienda Viajo porque preciso, vuelvo porque te amo 07 · 15 · 11
