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 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 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).
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
