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Reyes, Rodrigo

He graduated from a B.A. in International Studies at the California University in San Diego, United States. He has received numerous recognitions, such as the Canon Filmmaker Award and scholarships from FOPROCINE, EFICINE and Heineken Voices of the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI). He has also participated in workshops imparted by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the Sundance Institute and the California Council for the Humanities. His work has been shown around the world in more than 50 festivals. His first feature film, Memorias del futuro, won the LCI Award at the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM). In 2013, his documentary Purgatorio was part of the Official Selection of the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), and it won the Jury Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, the Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the Jury Award at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, among others. That same year, Filmmaker Magazine named him one of the 25 new faces of independent cinema.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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