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Munguía Ortíz, Jaime

He studied visual arts with a specialty in film, video and animation at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM, in Spanish), Cuernavaca, Mexico. He is a visual artist who specializes in video, photography, animation, production and new media. He is currently working in video mapping and video-installation, through the experimentation of diverse techniques of digital animation, projection, holography and manipulation of live video, focused on the exploration of the relation of sound and image. He also works as an independent artist for companies such as Microsoft, Dell, IBM, Volkswagen and SEAT. He participated in the Reto DocsDF 201, and Guadalajara Talents and Doculab.2 of the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). He received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) during the period 2008-2009. His work has been presented at more than 10 film screenings and festivals in Mexico, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won the Best Documentary Short Film Award at the 3rd FICM with Teatro mágico (2004), which was also part of the Official Selection of the 1st Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico; the 4th Independent Hispanic AmericanFilm and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and the 3rd Biennial Cuadro Short Film, among others. He won a Special Mention of the Jury and the Audience Award at the 3rd Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City, for his documentary short film La ciudad de las Arenas (2007). He participated in the 4th “All Voices Against the Silence,” Festival with Retrato de un contorno (2009), which received a Special Mention for Documentary Short Film at the 7th FICM.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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