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 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 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.
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
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
