Image Riley, Luisa She studied French literature at the University of Paris VIII – Vincennes. She is self-taught in the fields of journalism, research, screenwriting, directing, editing and producing of documentaries. Her work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She won the first Club Primera Plana de México Award, in 1999, for her short documentary film Niños por la paz (1998), and the José Pagés Llergo National Journalism Award for her feature length documentary Los tres siglos de Mariana Frenk-Westheim (2004). She participated with her feature length documentary Flor en otomí (2012) in the 10th FICM, the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish) and the 26th International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA), Biarritz, France, among others. For this film she received the Best Documentary award in the category Social Movements at the 17th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico; the award for Best Mexican Feature Length Documentary at the 15th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the Audience Award at the 3rd Witness: International Human Rights Film Festival of Mexico. At the 11th FICM, there was a special presentation of her feature length documentary Javier Sicilia. En la soledad del otro (2013), selected for the 30th Chicago Latino Film Festival and winner of an Honorary Mention in the category Social Movements at the 8th All Voices Against the Silence Festival, Mexico. Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News Primer Día Nacional del Cine Mexicano 08 · 14 · 17 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Riley, Luisa She studied French literature at the University of Paris VIII – Vincennes. She is self-taught in the fields of journalism, research, screenwriting, directing, editing and producing of documentaries. Her work has been shown at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She won the first Club Primera Plana de México Award, in 1999, for her short documentary film Niños por la paz (1998), and the José Pagés Llergo National Journalism Award for her feature length documentary Los tres siglos de Mariana Frenk-Westheim (2004). She participated with her feature length documentary Flor en otomí (2012) in the 10th FICM, the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish) and the 26th International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA), Biarritz, France, among others. For this film she received the Best Documentary award in the category Social Movements at the 17th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico; the award for Best Mexican Feature Length Documentary at the 15th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the Audience Award at the 3rd Witness: International Human Rights Film Festival of Mexico. At the 11th FICM, there was a special presentation of her feature length documentary Javier Sicilia. En la soledad del otro (2013), selected for the 30th Chicago Latino Film Festival and winner of an Honorary Mention in the category Social Movements at the 8th All Voices Against the Silence Festival, Mexico.
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
