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Novelo, José María

He is currently studying for his master's degree at the National Contemporary Arts Study, LE FRESNOY, in France. He graduated from the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM) and the Vancouver Film School.

He was a FONCA Young Creative Artists Fellow in the Multimedia discipline in 2005, received support for Art and Media from the National Arts Center in 2008, was awarded the FONCA CONACYT 2011 International Residency Program, the International Artist Residency Program HALLE 14 in Leipzig, Germany, the grant from the European Media Artists in Residence Exchange EMARE in Bourges, France, in 2013, and the Interdisciplinary Program of Residencies Casa Wabi, in 2016.

An artist of the Contemporary Art galleries Ramis Barquet Monterrey, Luis Adelantado in Valencia Spain and Yautepec in Mexico City. His work has been exhibited in national and international museums, among them the Carrillo Gil Museum, the X Teresa Museum, the Digital Culture Center, the Eco Experimental Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum and the Casa Encendida, in Spain, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Warsaw Zamek Ujazdowski, and The Telefonica Foundation, in Argentina. He has participated with his work in FRIEZE, ARCO and MACO art fairs. The Young Art in Moscow Biennial, Havana Biennial, and the MEXICO CALIFORNIA Biennial.

His film projects have been exhibited at the Contemporary Cinema International Film Festival in Mexico City FICCO, the CDMX District Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival and the CINALFAMA International Film Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. He was also label manager and founder of the extinct label Vale Vergas Discos, and collaborated with international and national musicians such as Molly Nilsson, Anika, Mueran Humanos, Hidrogenesse and Juan Cirerol, among others.

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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