Image Olaizola; Yulene She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her work has been shown at numerous film festivals around the world, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She participated in the 6th FICM with her first feature film, Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (2008), for which she received, among other prizes, the Best Picture and Audience Award at the 10th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), Argentina; a Special Jury Mention and Special Audience Award at the 5th Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, Spain; a Film Critics Award at the 23rd Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF, in French), Switzerland; Best Documentary at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; and the Ariel Award for Best First Film at the 51st Ariel Awards, Mexico. She competed at the 9th FICM with her second feature film, Paraísos Artificiales (2011), made with the support of the TFI Documentary Fund 2009, of the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI), New York; of the Promotion Program and Cultural Co-Investments of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) 2010, Mexico; and of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands, among others. Her third feature film Fogo (2012) was part of the Official Selection of the 10th FICM and of the 44th Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section, at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, France. This film was made during the Arts Residency Program run by the Fogo Island Art Corporation, Canada, with a grant from the Fund for Quality Film Production (FOPROCINE), in 2011. 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 Mexicanos en el Festival del film Locarno 07 · 28 · 17 El Festival de Cine de Karlovy Vary dedicará un ciclo a directoras mexicanas 06 · 16 · 16 Ten Contemporary Female Mexican Directors 03 · 19 · 15 Presencia del cine mexicano en Toulouse 2014 03 · 18 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Olaizola; Yulene She studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. Her work has been shown at numerous film festivals around the world, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She participated in the 6th FICM with her first feature film, Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (2008), for which she received, among other prizes, the Best Picture and Audience Award at the 10th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), Argentina; a Special Jury Mention and Special Audience Award at the 5th Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, Spain; a Film Critics Award at the 23rd Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF, in French), Switzerland; Best Documentary at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; and the Ariel Award for Best First Film at the 51st Ariel Awards, Mexico. She competed at the 9th FICM with her second feature film, Paraísos Artificiales (2011), made with the support of the TFI Documentary Fund 2009, of the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI), New York; of the Promotion Program and Cultural Co-Investments of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) 2010, Mexico; and of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands, among others. Her third feature film Fogo (2012) was part of the Official Selection of the 10th FICM and of the 44th Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section, at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, France. This film was made during the Arts Residency Program run by the Fogo Island Art Corporation, Canada, with a grant from the Fund for Quality Film Production (FOPROCINE), in 2011.
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
Mexicanos en el Festival del film Locarno 07 · 28 · 17 El Festival de Cine de Karlovy Vary dedicará un ciclo a directoras mexicanas 06 · 16 · 16 Ten Contemporary Female Mexican Directors 03 · 19 · 15 Presencia del cine mexicano en Toulouse 2014 03 · 18 · 14
