Image Ruiz, Tavo He studied Cinematography at the Lumiere Cinematographic Institute, Mexico City. He participated, with his fiction short film La Madrina (2008), at the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the UNAM's 4th International Gay Film Festival and the 5th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). He was awarded, for this work, the Public Prize "Recognition of the Mexican Republic" at the 5th International Short Film Cinema to the Streets Festival, Mexico. In that same edition of the Cinema to the Streets Festival, he competed with his short Josu & Pía (2009). His short fiction film The Daughter's Journey (2010) was part of the Official Selection of the 15th Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video Mix Mexico, and the 3rd International Festival of Short Screenings, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 7th Cinema to the Streets Festival with his short film El plan perfecto (2011). His short, Earth (2014), earned a nomination for Best Song at the 9th Jerry Goldsmith Awards, in Spain. His short Line 9 has participated in OutFest Los Angeles, Shorts Mexico, Barcelona International LGBIT Film Festival 2017, My True Colors Film Festival, New York 2017, New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam 2017 and Mix Mexico. 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 Nuria Ibáñez on EL GUARDIÁN and How Cinema Helps Us Think About What’s Foreign to Us at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 “The Process is the Only Part of Cinema That's Ours”: Elisa Miller Presents BITÁCORA DE DIRECCIÓN DE TEMPORADA DE HURACANES 10 · 13 · 25 Activities for Impulso Morelia 11 Begin at the 23th FICM 10 · 13 · 25 64th Critics' Week: Ava Cahen Presented Shih-Ching Tsou's LEFT-HANDED GIRL at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ruiz, Tavo He studied Cinematography at the Lumiere Cinematographic Institute, Mexico City. He participated, with his fiction short film La Madrina (2008), at the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the UNAM's 4th International Gay Film Festival and the 5th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). He was awarded, for this work, the Public Prize "Recognition of the Mexican Republic" at the 5th International Short Film Cinema to the Streets Festival, Mexico. In that same edition of the Cinema to the Streets Festival, he competed with his short Josu & Pía (2009). His short fiction film The Daughter's Journey (2010) was part of the Official Selection of the 15th Festival of Sexual Diversity in Film and Video Mix Mexico, and the 3rd International Festival of Short Screenings, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 7th Cinema to the Streets Festival with his short film El plan perfecto (2011). His short, Earth (2014), earned a nomination for Best Song at the 9th Jerry Goldsmith Awards, in Spain. His short Line 9 has participated in OutFest Los Angeles, Shorts Mexico, Barcelona International LGBIT Film Festival 2017, My True Colors Film Festival, New York 2017, New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam 2017 and Mix Mexico.
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
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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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