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 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 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).
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25
