Image Papacostas, Andreas “La Mandrágora” He is the content director of the animation production company Llamarada. He studied design and visual communication at the National School of Visual Arts (ENAP, in Spanish) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He came in first place at the 2nd Animasivo, Contemporary Animation Forum and received an honorable mention at the 4th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) for El gran bang (2009). His short film A secas (2011), which came in first place for animation at the 1st ECOFILM Festival in Mexico, participated in several festivals around the world, including the 3rd Baghdad International Film Festival, the 4th Animacam in Spain, the 13th Off- Courts Festival in Normandy, France, and the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). 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 Williams S. Burroughs: his passagge through Mexico and the movies 09 · 03 · 26 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU: Cherien Dabis on Creation in Times of Destruction 08 · 27 · 26 Yasujirō Ozu: Always the same film? 08 · 19 · 26 Upon the death of Manolo Solo (1964-2026) and CLOSE YOUR EYES 08 · 06 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Papacostas, Andreas “La Mandrágora” He is the content director of the animation production company Llamarada. He studied design and visual communication at the National School of Visual Arts (ENAP, in Spanish) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He came in first place at the 2nd Animasivo, Contemporary Animation Forum and received an honorable mention at the 4th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) for El gran bang (2009). His short film A secas (2011), which came in first place for animation at the 1st ECOFILM Festival in Mexico, participated in several festivals around the world, including the 3rd Baghdad International Film Festival, the 4th Animacam in Spain, the 13th Off- Courts Festival in Normandy, France, and the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
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
Williams S. Burroughs: his passagge through Mexico and the movies 09 · 03 · 26 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU: Cherien Dabis on Creation in Times of Destruction 08 · 27 · 26 Yasujirō Ozu: Always the same film? 08 · 19 · 26 Upon the death of Manolo Solo (1964-2026) and CLOSE YOUR EYES 08 · 06 · 26
