Image Santoyo del Castillo; Gildardo He studied graphic communication design at the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), Xochimilco campus, Mexico, and a course on creativity at the School of Design at the National Institute of Bellas Artes (INBA), Mexico. He has been recognized at the international level as an illustrator and art and animation director in several audiovisuals, commercials, documentaries and broadcasts for production companies and television channels. His first animated short film Olas del cielo (2015) was the winner of the 13th National Competition for Animated Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) and was presented at various national and international film festivals, including the 30th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), Mexico; the 18th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico; the 45th Giffoni Film Festival, Italy; and the 11th Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico. Olas del cielo will be presented at the 59th BFI London Film Festival, Great Britain; the 31st Warsaw Film Festival (WFF), Poland; the 30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; the 17th FILMAR Latin American Film Festival, Switzerland; and was part of the Official Selection of the 13th Morelia International Film Festival (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 Santoyo del Castillo; Gildardo He studied graphic communication design at the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), Xochimilco campus, Mexico, and a course on creativity at the School of Design at the National Institute of Bellas Artes (INBA), Mexico. He has been recognized at the international level as an illustrator and art and animation director in several audiovisuals, commercials, documentaries and broadcasts for production companies and television channels. His first animated short film Olas del cielo (2015) was the winner of the 13th National Competition for Animated Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) and was presented at various national and international film festivals, including the 30th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), Mexico; the 18th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico; the 45th Giffoni Film Festival, Italy; and the 11th Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico. Olas del cielo will be presented at the 59th BFI London Film Festival, Great Britain; the 31st Warsaw Film Festival (WFF), Poland; the 30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; the 17th FILMAR Latin American Film Festival, Switzerland; and was part of the Official Selection of the 13th Morelia International Film Festival (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
