Image Retes, Gabriela She took courses in architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received her degree in education from the Public Education Secretariat (SEP), Mexico. She has worked in film projects from an early age, as editor, producer, actress and director. She co-wrote the screenplays for her father Gabriel Retes’ feature films, El bulto (1992), in which she was also an actress, and Bienvenido-Welcome (1994), both winners of numerous awards around the world. The first film received the Best Picture Award at the 18th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain, and the 4th Puerto Rico Cinemafest, among others. As a screenwriter, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Screenplay for Bienvenido-Welcome; which she won the Silver Goddess Award for Best Screenplay at the 23rd Silver Goddess Awards, Mexico. This film also received the Second Coral Award at the 16th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba, and the Grand Prize at the 14th Amiens International Film Festival, France. She participated as director in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with La luz de la oscuridad (2007), which won a Special Mention for Short Fiction Film. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Retes, Gabriela She took courses in architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received her degree in education from the Public Education Secretariat (SEP), Mexico. She has worked in film projects from an early age, as editor, producer, actress and director. She co-wrote the screenplays for her father Gabriel Retes’ feature films, El bulto (1992), in which she was also an actress, and Bienvenido-Welcome (1994), both winners of numerous awards around the world. The first film received the Best Picture Award at the 18th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain, and the 4th Puerto Rico Cinemafest, among others. As a screenwriter, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Screenplay for Bienvenido-Welcome; which she won the Silver Goddess Award for Best Screenplay at the 23rd Silver Goddess Awards, Mexico. This film also received the Second Coral Award at the 16th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba, and the Grand Prize at the 14th Amiens International Film Festival, France. She participated as director in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with La luz de la oscuridad (2007), which won a Special Mention for Short Fiction Film.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
