Image Muñoz Cota Callejas, Isabel She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her work has been shown at more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She participated, among other festivals, in the 5th FICM and the 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) with her short fiction film En tránsito (2007); which won a Special Jury Mention at the 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; and another at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM), among other awards. She won an Ariel for Best Short Documentary Film at the 51st Ariel Awards Ceremony in Mexico and the Best Documentary award at the 7th In-Edit Puebla International Documentary Film Festival for her short documentary film Su mercé (2007), which also competed at the 5th FICM. She participated, among other festivals, in the 8th FICM and in the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana with her short film Si maneja de noche procure ir acompañado (2010), which won the Mayahuel Award for Best Mexican Short Film at the 25th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish). Her first feature film Inercia (2013) participated in the 14th JeonJu International Film Festival (JIFF), Seoul; in the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India; and the 26th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) 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 Muñoz Cota Callejas, Isabel She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her work has been shown at more than 40 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She participated, among other festivals, in the 5th FICM and the 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) with her short fiction film En tránsito (2007); which won a Special Jury Mention at the 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; and another at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM), among other awards. She won an Ariel for Best Short Documentary Film at the 51st Ariel Awards Ceremony in Mexico and the Best Documentary award at the 7th In-Edit Puebla International Documentary Film Festival for her short documentary film Su mercé (2007), which also competed at the 5th FICM. She participated, among other festivals, in the 8th FICM and in the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana with her short film Si maneja de noche procure ir acompañado (2010), which won the Mayahuel Award for Best Mexican Short Film at the 25th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish). Her first feature film Inercia (2013) participated in the 14th JeonJu International Film Festival (JIFF), Seoul; in the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India; and the 26th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) 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
