Image Ortiz Maciel; Adrián He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. In addition, he has taken courses and workshops in film, including a class in film and television screenwriting at the International Center of Film and Television Screenwriting (CIGCITE), Mexico City; workshops on film appreciation, screenwriting and film language at the Center of Audiovisual Art (CAAV), Guadalajara, Jalisco; a course on film and television screenwriting at the Septima Ars Film and Digital TV School, Madrid, Spain; and a film program at the LENS School of Visual Arts, Madrid. He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) on two occasions, 2008-2009 and 2011-2012. He participated in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM, he competed with his documentary short films Subterráneos (2005) and La luna en la tierra (2005). He won the Best Work from the Michoacán Section award at the 7th FICM for his short fiction film Nebraska (2009). His documentary short film Itaca received a Special Mention for the José Rovirosa 2009 Award of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) at the 4th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF). His first feature film, Elevador (2013), won a Special Mention at the 11th FICM; the Zapata Award for Best Mexican Documentary at the 7th Iberoamerican Documentary Film Festival of Memory, Cuernavaca; and an Honorable Mention at the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City. The project for this film – in its post-production stage – won the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Scholarship at the 7th Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico. 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 Winning short films from FICM Online: Nebraska, by Adrián Ortiz Maciel 11 · 22 · 17 Cine mexicano en el festival de Cartagena de Indias 2014 03 · 11 · 14 Video: Ganadores del 11º FICM comparten su emoción 11 · 29 · 13 Photos of the winners at the 11th FICM 11 · 28 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ortiz Maciel; Adrián He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. In addition, he has taken courses and workshops in film, including a class in film and television screenwriting at the International Center of Film and Television Screenwriting (CIGCITE), Mexico City; workshops on film appreciation, screenwriting and film language at the Center of Audiovisual Art (CAAV), Guadalajara, Jalisco; a course on film and television screenwriting at the Septima Ars Film and Digital TV School, Madrid, Spain; and a film program at the LENS School of Visual Arts, Madrid. He received a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) on two occasions, 2008-2009 and 2011-2012. He participated in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM, he competed with his documentary short films Subterráneos (2005) and La luna en la tierra (2005). He won the Best Work from the Michoacán Section award at the 7th FICM for his short fiction film Nebraska (2009). His documentary short film Itaca received a Special Mention for the José Rovirosa 2009 Award of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) at the 4th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF). His first feature film, Elevador (2013), won a Special Mention at the 11th FICM; the Zapata Award for Best Mexican Documentary at the 7th Iberoamerican Documentary Film Festival of Memory, Cuernavaca; and an Honorable Mention at the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City. The project for this film – in its post-production stage – won the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Scholarship at the 7th Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico.
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
Winning short films from FICM Online: Nebraska, by Adrián Ortiz Maciel 11 · 22 · 17 Cine mexicano en el festival de Cartagena de Indias 2014 03 · 11 · 14 Video: Ganadores del 11º FICM comparten su emoción 11 · 29 · 13 Photos of the winners at the 11th FICM 11 · 28 · 13
