Image Taboada Tabone, Francesco He received a master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In addition to his film work, he has developed a career as an environmental activist and was a member of the People’s Council of Morelos. His feature length documentary triptych Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados (2003), Pancho Villa, la revolución no ha terminado (2006) and 13 pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (2008) uses oral memory to communicate historical moments. Mexican film critic Jorge Ayala Blanco said in La justeza del cine mexicano that Francesco Taboada has become at 35 years of age “the top documentary filmmaker of our revolutionary history” (Mexico City, UNAM, 2011, p. 305). His work has been shown at more than 70 film screenings and festivals around the world, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first documentary Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados (2003) received the Jury Award and the Best First Film Award from the Cuban Film Press Association (ACPC-FIPRESCI) at the 6th International Documentary Film Festival Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam, Cuba; the prizes for Excellence in Independent Film and Best Documentary awarded by the television channel Once TV at the 9th Latino Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California; and the Best Documentary Award at the 8th Chicano Film Festival of Los Angeles, California, among others. He competed at the 4th FICM with his second documentary feature Pancho Villa, la revolución no ha terminado (2006), winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Iberoamerican Documentary Film Festival of Memory (FMDI), Tepoztlán, and the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award 2007 of the UNAM Film Archives; the Best Documentary Project award at the 6th “Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam”, among others. He participated in the 5th FICM with his short fiction film ¡Vámonos a la Revolución! (2007), co-directed with Rodrigo Aroca, which was also presented at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) and the 15th Cinemad Independent and Cult Film Festival of Madrid. His third documentary 13 pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (2008) received the Best Documentary on the Environment award at the 26th Bogotá Film Festival (Bogocine), Colombia; the Jury Special Award at the 12th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), California; and the Rigoberta Menchú award at the 18th Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, Canada, among others. His fourth feature length documentary Tin Tan (2009) won the Binational Award and Second Place for the Best Hispanic Documentary at the Bi National Independent Film Festival El Paso Texas & Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico - United States. At the 9th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film El mensajero (2011). His fifth feature length documentary Maguey (2013) won the Best Documentary Award at the 4th Álamos Mágico International Film Festival (FICAM), Sonora, Mexico. 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 Taboada Tabone, Francesco He received a master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In addition to his film work, he has developed a career as an environmental activist and was a member of the People’s Council of Morelos. His feature length documentary triptych Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados (2003), Pancho Villa, la revolución no ha terminado (2006) and 13 pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (2008) uses oral memory to communicate historical moments. Mexican film critic Jorge Ayala Blanco said in La justeza del cine mexicano that Francesco Taboada has become at 35 years of age “the top documentary filmmaker of our revolutionary history” (Mexico City, UNAM, 2011, p. 305). His work has been shown at more than 70 film screenings and festivals around the world, including three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first documentary Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados (2003) received the Jury Award and the Best First Film Award from the Cuban Film Press Association (ACPC-FIPRESCI) at the 6th International Documentary Film Festival Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam, Cuba; the prizes for Excellence in Independent Film and Best Documentary awarded by the television channel Once TV at the 9th Latino Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California; and the Best Documentary Award at the 8th Chicano Film Festival of Los Angeles, California, among others. He competed at the 4th FICM with his second documentary feature Pancho Villa, la revolución no ha terminado (2006), winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Iberoamerican Documentary Film Festival of Memory (FMDI), Tepoztlán, and the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award 2007 of the UNAM Film Archives; the Best Documentary Project award at the 6th “Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam”, among others. He participated in the 5th FICM with his short fiction film ¡Vámonos a la Revolución! (2007), co-directed with Rodrigo Aroca, which was also presented at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) and the 15th Cinemad Independent and Cult Film Festival of Madrid. His third documentary 13 pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (2008) received the Best Documentary on the Environment award at the 26th Bogotá Film Festival (Bogocine), Colombia; the Jury Special Award at the 12th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), California; and the Rigoberta Menchú award at the 18th Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, Canada, among others. His fourth feature length documentary Tin Tan (2009) won the Binational Award and Second Place for the Best Hispanic Documentary at the Bi National Independent Film Festival El Paso Texas & Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico - United States. At the 9th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film El mensajero (2011). His fifth feature length documentary Maguey (2013) won the Best Documentary Award at the 4th Álamos Mágico International Film Festival (FICAM), Sonora, Mexico.
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
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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
