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 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 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.
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
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
