Image Oñate Chirot, Juan Carlos He studied communication at the Universidad Latina de América (UNLA) in Morelia. He took a course in film direction and production and workshops in photography and filmmaking at the Solaris Film Academy, and a workshop in animation and digital photography at the Escuela Fábrica de Imágenes. He received the Cine Qua Non Lab artists’ residency for filmmakers in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán. He participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM he presented Teme Nina (2003) and participated in the Mexican Short Film Section in competition with Lo que la polla da (2002), which he co-directed with Juan Paulín Lara, Jesús Pimentel Melo and Luciana Solórzano. He competed in the same section at the 11th FICM with Una estatua mutilada (2013); which won a Special Mention at the 6th Mórbido International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, Michoacán. His animated short film El camino del caracol (2010) won third place in the 1st State Short Film Competition on Social Consciousness “We are all to blame,” organized by Acción Unida, Morelia, and second place in the 1st Michoacán Short Film competition. 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 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cinema is made of ghosts: Interview with Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. 02 · 06 · 26 Acting is a very unusual profession: interview with Stellan Skarsgård 01 · 13 · 26 MEMORY OF THE FORGOTTEN, a Documentary 10 · 23 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Oñate Chirot, Juan Carlos He studied communication at the Universidad Latina de América (UNLA) in Morelia. He took a course in film direction and production and workshops in photography and filmmaking at the Solaris Film Academy, and a workshop in animation and digital photography at the Escuela Fábrica de Imágenes. He received the Cine Qua Non Lab artists’ residency for filmmakers in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán. He participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM he presented Teme Nina (2003) and participated in the Mexican Short Film Section in competition with Lo que la polla da (2002), which he co-directed with Juan Paulín Lara, Jesús Pimentel Melo and Luciana Solórzano. He competed in the same section at the 11th FICM with Una estatua mutilada (2013); which won a Special Mention at the 6th Mórbido International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, Michoacán. His animated short film El camino del caracol (2010) won third place in the 1st State Short Film Competition on Social Consciousness “We are all to blame,” organized by Acción Unida, Morelia, and second place in the 1st Michoacán Short Film competition.
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
Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cinema is made of ghosts: Interview with Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. 02 · 06 · 26 Acting is a very unusual profession: interview with Stellan Skarsgård 01 · 13 · 26 MEMORY OF THE FORGOTTEN, a Documentary 10 · 23 · 25
