Image Palomino Benítez, Luis David He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated with his short fiction film El último velo (2013) in the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the special presentation of short films selected by FICM shown at the 53rd Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival; the 8th Short Shorts Film Festival México (SSFFM); and the 7th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia, among others. The film received the Best National Film and Best National Acting awards at the 4th International Short Film Festival Vagón (FIC Vagón), Ciudad Juárez, and Best Short Film award at the 3rd Sonora International Film Festival (FICS). Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News Special screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics' Week 05 · 22 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Palomino Benítez, Luis David He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated with his short fiction film El último velo (2013) in the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the special presentation of short films selected by FICM shown at the 53rd Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival; the 8th Short Shorts Film Festival México (SSFFM); and the 7th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia, among others. The film received the Best National Film and Best National Acting awards at the 4th International Short Film Festival Vagón (FIC Vagón), Ciudad Juárez, and Best Short Film award at the 3rd Sonora International Film Festival (FICS).
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
