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 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 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.
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
