Image Monteforte, Guillermo He studied radio and television applied arts at the Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto. His work has participated in more than 10 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 2nd FICM with his short documentary film Nuestra tierra no se vende (2003). His short film Unidos venceremos participated in the 7th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile, and the 6th Geografías Suaves Festival, Mexico, among other festivals. He won the Anaconda Award, Bolivia, for this work in its 3rd edition; and in the 7th edition he won the award with his compendium of five productions Videocartas (2013), which also won the Special Disability Award at the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, among others. Three of his short documentary films were presented at the Indigenous Peoples Forum of the 10th FICM: Naxo Café manda saludos (2012), Respondan a esta videocarta de Chicahuaxtla (2012) and Calendaria Loxicha saluda a todos los niños y niñas (2012). He participated in the 28th Mar del Plata International Film Fest, Argentina, with his feature-length documentary Pueblos indígenas en riesgo (2012). 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 Monteforte, Guillermo He studied radio and television applied arts at the Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto. His work has participated in more than 10 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 2nd FICM with his short documentary film Nuestra tierra no se vende (2003). His short film Unidos venceremos participated in the 7th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile, and the 6th Geografías Suaves Festival, Mexico, among other festivals. He won the Anaconda Award, Bolivia, for this work in its 3rd edition; and in the 7th edition he won the award with his compendium of five productions Videocartas (2013), which also won the Special Disability Award at the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, among others. Three of his short documentary films were presented at the Indigenous Peoples Forum of the 10th FICM: Naxo Café manda saludos (2012), Respondan a esta videocarta de Chicahuaxtla (2012) and Calendaria Loxicha saluda a todos los niños y niñas (2012). He participated in the 28th Mar del Plata International Film Fest, Argentina, with his feature-length documentary Pueblos indígenas en riesgo (2012).
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
