Image Rivera, Alex He participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM): In the 1st FICM with The Sixth Section (2003), which won the award for Best Short Documentary Film; and in the 6th FICM with his first feature Sleep Dealer (2008). This last film was also shown at the New Directors/New Films of MoMa, New York, and won the Alfred P. Solan Feature Film and Waldo Salt Screenwriting awards at the 24th Sundance Film Festival, and the Amnesty International Award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, among others. In addition to making films, he is also a digital media artist and has done several audiovisual projects, including, the video-clips for the French singer-songwriter Manu Chao, Clandestino (1998), and the Mexican-American musical group La Santa Cecilia, Ice El Hielo (2013). 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 “I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cinema is made of ghosts: Interview with Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. 02 · 06 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Rivera, Alex He participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM): In the 1st FICM with The Sixth Section (2003), which won the award for Best Short Documentary Film; and in the 6th FICM with his first feature Sleep Dealer (2008). This last film was also shown at the New Directors/New Films of MoMa, New York, and won the Alfred P. Solan Feature Film and Waldo Salt Screenwriting awards at the 24th Sundance Film Festival, and the Amnesty International Award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, among others. In addition to making films, he is also a digital media artist and has done several audiovisual projects, including, the video-clips for the French singer-songwriter Manu Chao, Clandestino (1998), and the Mexican-American musical group La Santa Cecilia, Ice El Hielo (2013).
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
“I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Cinema is made of ghosts: Interview with Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. 02 · 06 · 26
