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 Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 Related News The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 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).
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
