Image Montiel Mendoza, Rubén He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated, among other film showings and festivals, in the 7th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and the 5th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), with his short documentary film Largo viaje (2004), which received an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives in 2004. He participated in the 4th and 5th editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction films Morir de noche (2006) and El otro Diego (2007). This last film also participated in the 10th GIFF and the 7th Tarazona and Moncayo “Paco Martínez Soria” Comedy Film Festival, Spain, and received the En Tránsito award for his short film project, which participated in an international workshop at the 8th Fábrica Audiovisual, Buenos Aires. He won the José Rovirosa and the Best Short Documentary Film awards at the 1st International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) for Hasta el final (2008). His feature-length documentary Tanrreje, el agua grande (2013) participated in the 9th Indigenous Film and Video Festival, Morelia (FECVI), and in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, among others. 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 Montiel Mendoza, Rubén He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated, among other film showings and festivals, in the 7th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) and the 5th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), with his short documentary film Largo viaje (2004), which received an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives in 2004. He participated in the 4th and 5th editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction films Morir de noche (2006) and El otro Diego (2007). This last film also participated in the 10th GIFF and the 7th Tarazona and Moncayo “Paco Martínez Soria” Comedy Film Festival, Spain, and received the En Tránsito award for his short film project, which participated in an international workshop at the 8th Fábrica Audiovisual, Buenos Aires. He won the José Rovirosa and the Best Short Documentary Film awards at the 1st International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) for Hasta el final (2008). His feature-length documentary Tanrreje, el agua grande (2013) participated in the 9th Indigenous Film and Video Festival, Morelia (FECVI), and in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, among others.
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
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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
