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 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 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).
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
