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Tinajero Ponce, Salvador

He studied visual arts at the Image and Sound Department (DIS, in Spanish) at the University of Guadalajara (U. de G.), Mexico. He also studied filmmaking at the Film School of Uruguay (ECU, in Spanish) and the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television (HFF in German) in Potsdam, Germany. He won the Best Work from the Michoacan Section award at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for his short fiction film Epilepsia (2012), which was also presented at the 10th Celebrate Mexico Now, New York City’s annual festival of contemporary Mexican art, culture and ideas; the 4th Berlin Independent Film Festival (BIFF); and the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish). He participated with his feature-length documentary project La silla vacía (2014) in the DocuLab.3 at the 27th FICG. He is currently working in the pre-production stage of his first feature Negro.

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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