Image Romandía; Fernanda She studied photography at Parsons The New School for Design, New York, and at the Active Photography School in Mexico City, and cinematography at The Maine Workshops, Rockport, Maine, United States. Her work has been presented at more than 10 festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She won the Best Short Fiction Award at the 5th FICM with her short fiction film Fénix (2007) that also participated in the 25th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), Iran; the 20th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; and the 4th Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO). She participated in the 6th FICM, in the section “Ten Years of Mantarraya,” with the same film and with her short film Por orden de aparición (2007), was also presented at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; the 14th San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF); and the 12th Bienal of Photography, Mexico City, among others. In addition to her work as director, she has also worked as the director of photography and cinematography on several projects, including the feature films by José Álvarez: Flores en el desierto (2009), for which she received the Best Cinematography Award at the 22nd Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, Canada, and won a Special Mention at the 7th FICM; and Canícula (2011), selected at the 9th FICM and which received another award for Best Cinematography at the 15th RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 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 Official Selection 14th FICM: Pacífico 10 · 24 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Fernanda Romandía 09 · 27 · 16 Presence of Mexican Cinema at Rotterdam Film Festival, 2016 01 · 25 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Romandía; Fernanda She studied photography at Parsons The New School for Design, New York, and at the Active Photography School in Mexico City, and cinematography at The Maine Workshops, Rockport, Maine, United States. Her work has been presented at more than 10 festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She won the Best Short Fiction Award at the 5th FICM with her short fiction film Fénix (2007) that also participated in the 25th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), Iran; the 20th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; and the 4th Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO). She participated in the 6th FICM, in the section “Ten Years of Mantarraya,” with the same film and with her short film Por orden de aparición (2007), was also presented at the 12th Film Festival of Lima PUCP, Peru; the 14th San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF); and the 12th Bienal of Photography, Mexico City, among others. In addition to her work as director, she has also worked as the director of photography and cinematography on several projects, including the feature films by José Álvarez: Flores en el desierto (2009), for which she received the Best Cinematography Award at the 22nd Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, Canada, and won a Special Mention at the 7th FICM; and Canícula (2011), selected at the 9th FICM and which received another award for Best Cinematography at the 15th RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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
Official Selection 14th FICM: Pacífico 10 · 24 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Fernanda Romandía 09 · 27 · 16 Presence of Mexican Cinema at Rotterdam Film Festival, 2016 01 · 25 · 16
