Image Sánchez Velasco, Javier He studied advertising at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico. He received, among other grants, the Bicentennial of the Independence and Centenary of the Mexican Revolutionary Commission Grant for the Documentary Video Workshop in the Central del Pueblo, Mexico City, during the period 2009-2010, as well as an artist residency in New York from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his documentary short film Vagonero (2010), which won three honorary mentions: at the 6th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, in the category of Daily Life and Social Change; in the 1st International Documentary Film Festival DOCSTOWN, Mexico; and in the 1st Lakino – Latin American Film Festival Berlin, Germany. 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 “It Would Have Been Lukewarm Not to Portray Male Nudity”: David Pablos on EN EL CAMINO at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 “This Was an Opportunity to Revisit My Family”: Mayra Hermosillo Debuts VAINILLA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 SOBRIEDAD ME ESTÁS MATANDO Captivates the Audience at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 As an Artist, I Think It's Enough: Charlie Kaufman Presents HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23th 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 Sánchez Velasco, Javier He studied advertising at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico. He received, among other grants, the Bicentennial of the Independence and Centenary of the Mexican Revolutionary Commission Grant for the Documentary Video Workshop in the Central del Pueblo, Mexico City, during the period 2009-2010, as well as an artist residency in New York from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his documentary short film Vagonero (2010), which won three honorary mentions: at the 6th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, in the category of Daily Life and Social Change; in the 1st International Documentary Film Festival DOCSTOWN, Mexico; and in the 1st Lakino – Latin American Film Festival Berlin, Germany.
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
“It Would Have Been Lukewarm Not to Portray Male Nudity”: David Pablos on EN EL CAMINO at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 “This Was an Opportunity to Revisit My Family”: Mayra Hermosillo Debuts VAINILLA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 SOBRIEDAD ME ESTÁS MATANDO Captivates the Audience at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 As an Artist, I Think It's Enough: Charlie Kaufman Presents HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23th FICM 10 · 13 · 25
“It Would Have Been Lukewarm Not to Portray Male Nudity”: David Pablos on EN EL CAMINO at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25
“This Was an Opportunity to Revisit My Family”: Mayra Hermosillo Debuts VAINILLA at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25
As an Artist, I Think It's Enough: Charlie Kaufman Presents HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23th FICM 10 · 13 · 25
