Image Pineda, Samantha She studied Communication Sciences and Filmmaking at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico City; Film and Literature at the Essex University in Colchester, Great Britain; she assisted a documentary production workshop at the International School of Film and TV (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba; and she took the Advanced Diploma of Screen, with a specialization in screenwriting and directing at the International Film School Sydney (IFSS), Australia. In 2004, her short film 2 treinta y cinco pm was selected at the International Film Festival of Women, in Mexico; this film was followed by Yo soy Tico (2008) and Chocolate Candy (2010). In 2009, she was recognized by the Australian press as one of the Mexican women film directors to keep track of. In 2012, she presented El pescador in the Official Selection of the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), where it received a Special Mention. El pescador was also nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film and it was selected in more than 45 international festivals, including the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Chicago Latino International Film Festival. In 2013, the Toronto Urban Film Festival selected her work Luminoso. In 2015, she participated in the Berlinale Talents which took place in the 31st edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). In 2016, Ascensión, her first animated short film, was selected at the 14th edition of FICM, as well as in the Macabro International Film Festival and the Shorts Mexico international film festival. She is currently working on the post-production of Happiness, her most recent work, and in production of her first feature film, Pequeño suicidio. The screenplay of Pequeño suicidio was selected for the Oaxaca Screenwriting Lab and the Young Creators scholarship by the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA). 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 Pineda, Samantha She studied Communication Sciences and Filmmaking at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico City; Film and Literature at the Essex University in Colchester, Great Britain; she assisted a documentary production workshop at the International School of Film and TV (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba; and she took the Advanced Diploma of Screen, with a specialization in screenwriting and directing at the International Film School Sydney (IFSS), Australia. In 2004, her short film 2 treinta y cinco pm was selected at the International Film Festival of Women, in Mexico; this film was followed by Yo soy Tico (2008) and Chocolate Candy (2010). In 2009, she was recognized by the Australian press as one of the Mexican women film directors to keep track of. In 2012, she presented El pescador in the Official Selection of the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), where it received a Special Mention. El pescador was also nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film and it was selected in more than 45 international festivals, including the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Chicago Latino International Film Festival. In 2013, the Toronto Urban Film Festival selected her work Luminoso. In 2015, she participated in the Berlinale Talents which took place in the 31st edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). In 2016, Ascensión, her first animated short film, was selected at the 14th edition of FICM, as well as in the Macabro International Film Festival and the Shorts Mexico international film festival. She is currently working on the post-production of Happiness, her most recent work, and in production of her first feature film, Pequeño suicidio. The screenplay of Pequeño suicidio was selected for the Oaxaca Screenwriting Lab and the Young Creators scholarship by the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA).
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
