Image Tornero Aceves, Arturo He studied animation and digital media at the Audiovisual Art Center (CAAV), Guadalajara, Mexico. He is the founding member of the animation studio Mansión Bécquer and a teacher of animation at the Universidad del Valle de Atejamac (UNIVA), Zapopan, and at the CAAV, Guadalajara, Mexico. He received the Young Creators Grant in Visual Arts from the Stimulus Program for Creation and Artistic Development of the Jalisco Secretariat of Culture from 2008-2009, among other grants, for the animated short film project Stellarium (2009). His documentary short film Agua pasa por mi casa (2010) won the animation category of the 2nd “Hazlo en Cortometraje” University Competition, organized by the BBVA Bancomer Foundation and the Cinépolis Foundation. He participated in the Official Selection of the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his animated short film, Monarca (2011), in co-direction with Víctor René Ramírez Madrigal, that was shown at more than 70 festivals around the world, including the Short Film Corner at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, France; the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France; and the 6th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM), among others. This work received a grant from the 9th National Competition for Animated Short Film Projects, launched by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the National Film Institute (IMCINE), and received a Special Mention for promoting environmental protection in Mexico at the 13th Crystal Screen Festival. 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 Presencia del cine mexicano en Toulouse 2014 03 · 18 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Tornero Aceves, Arturo He studied animation and digital media at the Audiovisual Art Center (CAAV), Guadalajara, Mexico. He is the founding member of the animation studio Mansión Bécquer and a teacher of animation at the Universidad del Valle de Atejamac (UNIVA), Zapopan, and at the CAAV, Guadalajara, Mexico. He received the Young Creators Grant in Visual Arts from the Stimulus Program for Creation and Artistic Development of the Jalisco Secretariat of Culture from 2008-2009, among other grants, for the animated short film project Stellarium (2009). His documentary short film Agua pasa por mi casa (2010) won the animation category of the 2nd “Hazlo en Cortometraje” University Competition, organized by the BBVA Bancomer Foundation and the Cinépolis Foundation. He participated in the Official Selection of the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his animated short film, Monarca (2011), in co-direction with Víctor René Ramírez Madrigal, that was shown at more than 70 festivals around the world, including the Short Film Corner at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, France; the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG); the 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France; and the 6th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM), among others. This work received a grant from the 9th National Competition for Animated Short Film Projects, launched by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the National Film Institute (IMCINE), and received a Special Mention for promoting environmental protection in Mexico at the 13th Crystal Screen Festival.
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
