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 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 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.
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
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
