Image Salgado Alemán; César He studied graphic design at the Eastern University in Puebla, Mexico, and he received a master’s degree in directing from the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC), Barcelona. He is a director and a cinematographer, and he has participated in various film and publicity projects. He won the 14th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). He participated in the 10th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) with his short fiction film Caraca (2006). He competed in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 12th GIFF with his short fiction film Fogatas en el cielo (2008), which won the Best Short Film award in the category of Video at the 4th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM). His short fiction film Fragmentos (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 17th GIFF and the 9th SSFFM. He won the award Pantalla de Cristal for Best Cinematography from the documental La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba. His short film Hoja santa (2015) participated in the 18th GIFF, the 10th SSFFM and the 6th CineMigrante Festival, Buenos Aires. He was in charge of the cinematography for the film Evilness (2015) by Joshua Gil. He is the cinematographer of the short film Elena y las sombras by César Cepeda and he is the founder and associate director of the production company Perro Negro. 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 The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Salgado Alemán; César He studied graphic design at the Eastern University in Puebla, Mexico, and he received a master’s degree in directing from the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC), Barcelona. He is a director and a cinematographer, and he has participated in various film and publicity projects. He won the 14th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). He participated in the 10th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) with his short fiction film Caraca (2006). He competed in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 12th GIFF with his short fiction film Fogatas en el cielo (2008), which won the Best Short Film award in the category of Video at the 4th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM). His short fiction film Fragmentos (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 17th GIFF and the 9th SSFFM. He won the award Pantalla de Cristal for Best Cinematography from the documental La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba. His short film Hoja santa (2015) participated in the 18th GIFF, the 10th SSFFM and the 6th CineMigrante Festival, Buenos Aires. He was in charge of the cinematography for the film Evilness (2015) by Joshua Gil. He is the cinematographer of the short film Elena y las sombras by César Cepeda and he is the founder and associate director of the production company Perro Negro.
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
The mysteries of Elena Garro 05 · 02 · 25 Irene Jacob. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE: Morelia 2023 04 · 24 · 25 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) and LOS CACHORROS 04 · 17 · 25 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25
