Image Quiñones Sánchez, Javier He studied communication at the Universidad del Noroeste (UNO-UVM) and received a master’s degree in educational innovation from the University of Sonora (UNISON), Mexico. He has taken various seminars, workshops and courses organized by the Mexican Cultural Institute (IMCINE) and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, given by well-known filmmakers, such as Lucía Gajá, Christiane Burkhard and Paula Markovitch, among others. He is a partner and director of the creative department of audiovisual production and independent cinema, Piso Tres, in Hermosillo, Sonora. He was responsible for communication at the 3rd Desert International Film Festival (FICD, in Spanish), Sonora, and was general co-director of the 4th edition of the festival. He received the Young Creators Grant from the State Fund for Culture and the Arts (FECAS), Sonora, in 2001 and 2003, to make his short fiction films Anónimo I (2001) and Anónimo II (2003). He participated with his documentary short film El imaginario y su túnel (2012), in the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 8th Independent Hispanic AmericanFilm and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, among others. He received an Honorable Mention for this film at the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish), the Best National Documentary Short Film Award at the 4th Rodando Film Festival San Luis Potosí (RFF SLP), and the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 2nd Hermosillo International Film Festival (FICH, in Spanish). His short fiction film Pascual (2014) had a special screening at the 4th FICD. Other Movies If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More 40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More Related News The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Quiñones Sánchez, Javier He studied communication at the Universidad del Noroeste (UNO-UVM) and received a master’s degree in educational innovation from the University of Sonora (UNISON), Mexico. He has taken various seminars, workshops and courses organized by the Mexican Cultural Institute (IMCINE) and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico, given by well-known filmmakers, such as Lucía Gajá, Christiane Burkhard and Paula Markovitch, among others. He is a partner and director of the creative department of audiovisual production and independent cinema, Piso Tres, in Hermosillo, Sonora. He was responsible for communication at the 3rd Desert International Film Festival (FICD, in Spanish), Sonora, and was general co-director of the 4th edition of the festival. He received the Young Creators Grant from the State Fund for Culture and the Arts (FECAS), Sonora, in 2001 and 2003, to make his short fiction films Anónimo I (2001) and Anónimo II (2003). He participated with his documentary short film El imaginario y su túnel (2012), in the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 8th Independent Hispanic AmericanFilm and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, among others. He received an Honorable Mention for this film at the 8th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish), the Best National Documentary Short Film Award at the 4th Rodando Film Festival San Luis Potosí (RFF SLP), and the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 2nd Hermosillo International Film Festival (FICH, in Spanish). His short fiction film Pascual (2014) had a special screening at the 4th FICD.
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
The 23rd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 11 10 · 17 · 25 Eddie Muller Presents 99 RIVER STREET on the Closing Night of the 23rd FICM. 10 · 17 · 25 Academic Forum: Pioneering Mexican Female Screenwriters at the 23rd FICM 10 · 17 · 25 When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
When You're An Actor, No One Can Stop You From Doing It: Stellan Skarsgård at the Presentation of Sentimental Value 10 · 17 · 25
