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 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 Williams S. Burroughs: his passagge through Mexico and the movies 09 · 03 · 26 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU: Cherien Dabis on Creation in Times of Destruction 08 · 27 · 26 Yasujirō Ozu: Always the same film? 08 · 19 · 26 Upon the death of Manolo Solo (1964-2026) and CLOSE YOUR EYES 08 · 06 · 26 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.
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
Williams S. Burroughs: his passagge through Mexico and the movies 09 · 03 · 26 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU: Cherien Dabis on Creation in Times of Destruction 08 · 27 · 26 Yasujirō Ozu: Always the same film? 08 · 19 · 26 Upon the death of Manolo Solo (1964-2026) and CLOSE YOUR EYES 08 · 06 · 26
