Image Mora Catlett; Juan He received a master’s degree in film editing from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czech Republic. He was a member of the National System of Creators of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, and won, among other awards, the National University Award (PUN, in Spanish) in the category of Teaching of the Arts in 2009 for his career in training filmmakers at the CUEC-UNAM film school. His work has participated in more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first feature film Retorno a Aztlán (In Necuepaliztli in Aztlan) (1990), the first Mexican film spoken totally in an indigenous language, won the Grand Jury Special Award at the 7th Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy. He participated in the 4th FICM with his feature film Eréndira la indomable (2006), nominated for an Ariel for Best Special Effects at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 8th Indio International Hispanic Film Festival (iihfilmfest), California, and a Special Mention at the 10th South American Film Encounters, Marseille. In 2007 he received an award from the Secretary of Public Education (SEP), Mexico, on UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, for the dissemination of indigenous languages in the mass media (Náhuatl in Retorno a Aztlán and Purépecha in Eréndira la indomable). He presented his short documentary film Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Fotógrafo (1983) at the 11th FICM, which was nominated for an Ariel for Best Documentary at the 25th Ariel Awards Ceremony. He is currently in the production process of his documentary Tlalocan, la ciudad de los dioses. Other Movies 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Mora Catlett; Juan He received a master’s degree in film editing from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czech Republic. He was a member of the National System of Creators of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, and won, among other awards, the National University Award (PUN, in Spanish) in the category of Teaching of the Arts in 2009 for his career in training filmmakers at the CUEC-UNAM film school. His work has participated in more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first feature film Retorno a Aztlán (In Necuepaliztli in Aztlan) (1990), the first Mexican film spoken totally in an indigenous language, won the Grand Jury Special Award at the 7th Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy. He participated in the 4th FICM with his feature film Eréndira la indomable (2006), nominated for an Ariel for Best Special Effects at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 8th Indio International Hispanic Film Festival (iihfilmfest), California, and a Special Mention at the 10th South American Film Encounters, Marseille. In 2007 he received an award from the Secretary of Public Education (SEP), Mexico, on UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, for the dissemination of indigenous languages in the mass media (Náhuatl in Retorno a Aztlán and Purépecha in Eréndira la indomable). He presented his short documentary film Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Fotógrafo (1983) at the 11th FICM, which was nominated for an Ariel for Best Documentary at the 25th Ariel Awards Ceremony. He is currently in the production process of his documentary Tlalocan, la ciudad de los dioses.
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25
