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Sariñana, Fernando

He studied communication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Mexico City, and received a master’s degree in film and television from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States. His work has been presented at numerous festivals around the world, where he has won several national and international awards. His first feature film Hasta morir (1994) was nominated for five Ariel Awards at the 37th Ariel Awards, Mexico, for Best First Film, Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay and Best Musical Soundtrack. He produced and wrote the feature film Cilantro y perejil (1996) by Rafael Montero, for which he won the Ariel for Best Musical Theme, along with Enrique Quezadas and Carolina Rivera, at the 39th Ariel Awards. His feature film Amarte duele (2002) won, among other awards, the Audience Choice Award for Best Picture at the 20th Chicago Latino Film Festival, United States. He received a nomination for a Silver Ariel for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 45th Ariel Awards for his feature film Ciudades oscuras (2003), which won three awards at the 17th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG): Best Soundtrack, Best Editing and Best Actor. He participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Comida de perros, part of the collective work Cero y van cuatro (2004).

 

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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