Image Pimentel Melo, Jesús Mexican filmmaker who spends his time between New York City and the Tzintzuntzan community in Mexico. He holds a Law Degree from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and a Master's in Film with a specialization in directing and screenwriting by Columbia University in New York. Jesus' works have been exhibited at festivals around the world, such as the Miami International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival, the Seoul Chungmuro Festival and the Bolzano Festival, among others, as well as in the Short Film Corner and Cannes' Critics Week. In 2005, Jesus received the prestigious Fulbright-García Robles scholarship to study film at Columbia University in New York. That same year he received the Prize of the Audience in FICM 2005 with the short of fiction Un Bel Mori. In 2010, he was nominated for the Student Academy Awards-Oscars® for his short film Miramelinda and in 2011 he received the prestigious Diosa de Plata award for the best Mexican short film awarded by the Mexican Association of Film Journalists (PECIME). In 2012, Jesus was commissioned by the Government of the State of Michoacán to direct the conceptualization and development of a project to create the Film Commission of Michoacán (COFILMICH). In 2015, he won the National Contest of Fiction Feature Projects, convened by the Audiovisual Directorate, Phonography and New Media in Peru, with the project Canción sin nombre. Jesús has participated as a project consultant and jury member of the Independent Film Week in New York, the Independent Film Project (IFP), the Fund for the Development of Cinematography, FDC de Proimgos Colombia, the Los Cabos International Film Festival, the Festival MicGénero in Mexico City and BAM, Bogota Audivisual Market, among others. He has been an executive producer on several film co-productions between the United States, Peru, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Mexico and has worked as a script consultant in the development of several feature films in Spain and the United States. He is co-founder and director of Qua Non Lab, a non-profit organization for filmmakers based in Michoacán, Mexico, whose objective is to provide an environment where filmmakers can develop their creative process, exchange ideas and establish new avenues for collaboration. It also supports independent filmmakers and emerging filmmakers by offering screenwriting workshops for screenwriters. 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 Pimentel Melo, Jesús Mexican filmmaker who spends his time between New York City and the Tzintzuntzan community in Mexico. He holds a Law Degree from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and a Master's in Film with a specialization in directing and screenwriting by Columbia University in New York. Jesus' works have been exhibited at festivals around the world, such as the Miami International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival, the Seoul Chungmuro Festival and the Bolzano Festival, among others, as well as in the Short Film Corner and Cannes' Critics Week. In 2005, Jesus received the prestigious Fulbright-García Robles scholarship to study film at Columbia University in New York. That same year he received the Prize of the Audience in FICM 2005 with the short of fiction Un Bel Mori. In 2010, he was nominated for the Student Academy Awards-Oscars® for his short film Miramelinda and in 2011 he received the prestigious Diosa de Plata award for the best Mexican short film awarded by the Mexican Association of Film Journalists (PECIME). In 2012, Jesus was commissioned by the Government of the State of Michoacán to direct the conceptualization and development of a project to create the Film Commission of Michoacán (COFILMICH). In 2015, he won the National Contest of Fiction Feature Projects, convened by the Audiovisual Directorate, Phonography and New Media in Peru, with the project Canción sin nombre. Jesús has participated as a project consultant and jury member of the Independent Film Week in New York, the Independent Film Project (IFP), the Fund for the Development of Cinematography, FDC de Proimgos Colombia, the Los Cabos International Film Festival, the Festival MicGénero in Mexico City and BAM, Bogota Audivisual Market, among others. He has been an executive producer on several film co-productions between the United States, Peru, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Mexico and has worked as a script consultant in the development of several feature films in Spain and the United States. He is co-founder and director of Qua Non Lab, a non-profit organization for filmmakers based in Michoacán, Mexico, whose objective is to provide an environment where filmmakers can develop their creative process, exchange ideas and establish new avenues for collaboration. It also supports independent filmmakers and emerging filmmakers by offering screenwriting workshops for screenwriters.
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
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