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Solar Luna, Alejandro

He studied communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school. He participated with his first feature film El paciente interno (2012) in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 20th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto; and the 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, among others. The film received a Jury Special Mention and the Guerrero Press Award at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish); a Jury Special Award at the 23rd Festival Iberoamerican Film Festival Cine Ceará, Brazil; the Jury Award at the 31st Uruguay International Film Festival; the Docs 360 award at the 7th International Documentary Film Festival  of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish); and a nomination for an Ariel award for Best Mexican Documentary at the 55th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico.

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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