Image 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 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 14th FICM Official Selection: Lupe bajo el sol 10 · 28 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Rodrigo Reyes 09 · 23 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image 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.
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
14th FICM Official Selection: Lupe bajo el sol 10 · 28 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Rodrigo Reyes 09 · 23 · 16
