Image Sampson, Arturo He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated in Berlinale Talents 2005 and received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) during the period 2009-2010. He is partner and production director of the production and distributing company CANANA. He participated in the 5th Mecal Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival and the 2nd Mexico City International Horror Film Festival Macabro (Macabro FICH, in spanish), among others, with his short fiction film El pez rojo (2002), which won the Special Jury Award at the 5th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). His short fiction film Godot (2005) was presented at more than 10 festivals around the world, including the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 2nd Be Film The Underground Film Festival (BTUFF), New York, and the 8th GIFF. He participated in the 8th Pamplona Film Festival, among others, with his short documentary Lo último en moda (2007), which won the Best Documentary Film award at the 5th Manlleu Short Film Festival, Barcelona. He is producer, among other films, of Cochochi (2007) by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, selected for the 5th FICM, as well as of Paraíso (2013), by Mariana Chenillo, and Manto acuífero (2013), by Michael Rowe, both selected for the 11th FICM. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Sampson, Arturo He studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated in Berlinale Talents 2005 and received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) during the period 2009-2010. He is partner and production director of the production and distributing company CANANA. He participated in the 5th Mecal Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival and the 2nd Mexico City International Horror Film Festival Macabro (Macabro FICH, in spanish), among others, with his short fiction film El pez rojo (2002), which won the Special Jury Award at the 5th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). His short fiction film Godot (2005) was presented at more than 10 festivals around the world, including the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 2nd Be Film The Underground Film Festival (BTUFF), New York, and the 8th GIFF. He participated in the 8th Pamplona Film Festival, among others, with his short documentary Lo último en moda (2007), which won the Best Documentary Film award at the 5th Manlleu Short Film Festival, Barcelona. He is producer, among other films, of Cochochi (2007) by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, selected for the 5th FICM, as well as of Paraíso (2013), by Mariana Chenillo, and Manto acuífero (2013), by Michael Rowe, both selected for the 11th FICM.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
