Image Pérez Rojas, Carlos He received a grant for audiovisual arts from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in 2002; the All Roads Film Project given by National Geographic in 2006; and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, in 2008 and in 2012. His work has participated in more than 50 festivals around the world, including six editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated, among other festivals, in the 1st FICM and in the 20th Chicago Latino Film Festival with his short documentary film Cuando la justicia se hace pueblo (2002), which won First Place in the Human Rights category at the 3rd Hispano American Documentary Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence”, Mexico. His documentary Mirando hacia adentro: La militarización en Guerrero (2005) was part of the Official Selection of the 3rd FICM and the 3rd International Human Rights Festival, Paris, among others. He presented A cielo abierto (2007), in co-direction with José Luis Matías, at the 5th FICM and in the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, among others. In the 8th FICM, he participated with his feature-length documentary Y el río sigue corriendo (2010), which was presented at the 15th FORUMDOC Festival do Filme Documentário e Etnográfico, Brazil, among other festivals, and won The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award at the 11th ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. He won the IMCINE award at Morelia LAB in the 10th FICM with his project Tamix (2012). 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 The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Pérez Rojas, Carlos He received a grant for audiovisual arts from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in 2002; the All Roads Film Project given by National Geographic in 2006; and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, in 2008 and in 2012. His work has participated in more than 50 festivals around the world, including six editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated, among other festivals, in the 1st FICM and in the 20th Chicago Latino Film Festival with his short documentary film Cuando la justicia se hace pueblo (2002), which won First Place in the Human Rights category at the 3rd Hispano American Documentary Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence”, Mexico. His documentary Mirando hacia adentro: La militarización en Guerrero (2005) was part of the Official Selection of the 3rd FICM and the 3rd International Human Rights Festival, Paris, among others. He presented A cielo abierto (2007), in co-direction with José Luis Matías, at the 5th FICM and in the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, among others. In the 8th FICM, he participated with his feature-length documentary Y el río sigue corriendo (2010), which was presented at the 15th FORUMDOC Festival do Filme Documentário e Etnográfico, Brazil, among other festivals, and won The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award at the 11th ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. He won the IMCINE award at Morelia LAB in the 10th FICM with his project Tamix (2012).
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
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
