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 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 The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 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).
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
The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25
