Image Quemada-Diez, Diego He studied cinematography at the American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles. His work has participated in more than 100 festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His short fiction film I Want to Be a Pilot (2006) won more than 50 national and international awards, including a Special Jury Mention at the 27th Amiens International Film Festival, France, and the Audience Award at the 30th São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil. He participated in the 5th FICM with his short fiction film La morena (2006) and in the 11th FICM with his first feature film La jaula de oro (2013). The last film, La jaula de oro, won three awards in Morelia: the Audience Award, Best First or Second Picture Award and the Guerrero Press Award. The film has also received more than 60 national and international awards, including the Un Certain Talent Prize, the Gillo Pontecorvo Award and a François Chalais Honorable Mention at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, France; five Coral awards, including Best First Film, at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba; the Golden Astor for Best Picture, the Audience Award, Best Photography, ACCRA and Signis Awards at the 28thMar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; as well as nine Ariel Awards at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, including, Best Picture, Best Actor for Brandon López, Best Supporting Actor for Rodolfo Domínguez and Best Editing for Paloma López Carrillo. 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 Películas sobre migración que se han presentado en el FICM 12 · 18 · 19 La jaula de oro, entre las películas favoritas del director británico Ken Loach 03 · 19 · 18 Primer Día Nacional del Cine Mexicano 08 · 14 · 17 FICM supports the Casa Wabi Foundation - Mantarraya Award in Locarno 07 · 27 · 17 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Quemada-Diez, Diego He studied cinematography at the American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles. His work has participated in more than 100 festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His short fiction film I Want to Be a Pilot (2006) won more than 50 national and international awards, including a Special Jury Mention at the 27th Amiens International Film Festival, France, and the Audience Award at the 30th São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil. He participated in the 5th FICM with his short fiction film La morena (2006) and in the 11th FICM with his first feature film La jaula de oro (2013). The last film, La jaula de oro, won three awards in Morelia: the Audience Award, Best First or Second Picture Award and the Guerrero Press Award. The film has also received more than 60 national and international awards, including the Un Certain Talent Prize, the Gillo Pontecorvo Award and a François Chalais Honorable Mention at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, France; five Coral awards, including Best First Film, at the 35th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba; the Golden Astor for Best Picture, the Audience Award, Best Photography, ACCRA and Signis Awards at the 28thMar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; as well as nine Ariel Awards at the 56th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, including, Best Picture, Best Actor for Brandon López, Best Supporting Actor for Rodolfo Domínguez and Best Editing for Paloma López Carrillo.
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
Películas sobre migración que se han presentado en el FICM 12 · 18 · 19 La jaula de oro, entre las películas favoritas del director británico Ken Loach 03 · 19 · 18 Primer Día Nacional del Cine Mexicano 08 · 14 · 17 FICM supports the Casa Wabi Foundation - Mantarraya Award in Locarno 07 · 27 · 17
