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 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 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.
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
