Image Sepúlveda Martínez, Juan Manuel He studied filmmaking at the CUEC film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in fine arts from Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver. His work has been presented in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Bajo la tierra (2004), which was presented at the 3rd FICM, also won the Best Documentary Short Film at the 48th Ariel Awards of Mexico and an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award from the UNAM in 2005. His documentary film La frontera infinita (2007), which participated in the Official Selection of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, won Special Mention at the 5th FICM, among other prizes. His documentary Lecciones para una guerra (2011) also won Special Mention at the 9th FICM. The director received the Jury Award at the 33rd Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, Paris, for Extraño rumor de la tierra cuando se abre un surco (2011). 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 Ana Cristina Barragán's HIEDRA Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 Olivia Harrison Presented the Documentary BEATLES '64 10 · 14 · 25 Emilio Maillé: LA NOCHE ETERNA DEL BABY’O Was Like Entering a World That is Not My World 10 · 14 · 25 NO ME SIGAS World Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Sepúlveda Martínez, Juan Manuel He studied filmmaking at the CUEC film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in fine arts from Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver. His work has been presented in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Bajo la tierra (2004), which was presented at the 3rd FICM, also won the Best Documentary Short Film at the 48th Ariel Awards of Mexico and an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award from the UNAM in 2005. His documentary film La frontera infinita (2007), which participated in the Official Selection of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, won Special Mention at the 5th FICM, among other prizes. His documentary Lecciones para una guerra (2011) also won Special Mention at the 9th FICM. The director received the Jury Award at the 33rd Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, Paris, for Extraño rumor de la tierra cuando se abre un surco (2011).
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
Ana Cristina Barragán's HIEDRA Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25 Olivia Harrison Presented the Documentary BEATLES '64 10 · 14 · 25 Emilio Maillé: LA NOCHE ETERNA DEL BABY’O Was Like Entering a World That is Not My World 10 · 14 · 25 NO ME SIGAS World Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 14 · 25
Emilio Maillé: LA NOCHE ETERNA DEL BABY’O Was Like Entering a World That is Not My World 10 · 14 · 25
