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Robles, Omar

He studied Visual Arts at the Image and Sound Department of the Guadalajara University in Mexico. In 2015, he received the Young Creators scholarship from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA) for the screenplay of the feature fiction film Las llamadas perdidas, and the scholarship from the State Council for Culture and Arts, Jalisco, for the production of the short film Los desterrados hijos de Eva. His short documentary film, co-directed with José Permar, Aurelia y Pedro (2016), part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), received a Special Mention from the Jury at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), and it was recognized as Best Short Documentary Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine del Desierto (FICD), in Mexico, and at the Film School Screenings at the Latin American Film Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. Aurelia y Pedro (2016) was also selected at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico, and at the Shorts Mexico international film festival, among others. He is a founding member of the independent film production company Tardígrada.

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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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

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