Image Rousseau Ruiz, Jean-Marc He holds a master's degree in Performing Arts with an option in Cinematographic Studies from Montpellier III University - Paul Valéry, a graduate in Latin American Sociological Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 Higher Studies Institute in Latin America, and an assistant Directorate from the French Film Conservatory (CLCF). In 2007, he was the winner of the 3rd Meeting of Young Directors at the 16th Biarritz Festival of Film and Culture in Latin America, in France, for the feature film project 1994. He participated in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with Beyond the Mexique Bay (2008), short film selected to participate in the 47th International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Best Mexican Short Film Award at GIFF. In the 11th FICM, he participated with Arena (2013) and in 2017 he returned to be part of the official selection with his feature film Casa Caracol (2017). 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 Casa Caracol, by Jean-Marc Rousseau Ruiz was presented at the 15th FICM 10 · 21 · 17 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Rousseau Ruiz, Jean-Marc He holds a master's degree in Performing Arts with an option in Cinematographic Studies from Montpellier III University - Paul Valéry, a graduate in Latin American Sociological Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 Higher Studies Institute in Latin America, and an assistant Directorate from the French Film Conservatory (CLCF). In 2007, he was the winner of the 3rd Meeting of Young Directors at the 16th Biarritz Festival of Film and Culture in Latin America, in France, for the feature film project 1994. He participated in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with Beyond the Mexique Bay (2008), short film selected to participate in the 47th International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Best Mexican Short Film Award at GIFF. In the 11th FICM, he participated with Arena (2013) and in 2017 he returned to be part of the official selection with his feature film Casa Caracol (2017).
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
