Image Torres Torres, Jesús He studied communication at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He won, among other scholarships and grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2000, and received the support of the 10th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) in 2010. He was the winner of the 6th Alejandro Galindo Screenwriting Improvement Workshop and was part of the Projects in Development Nuevas Miradas at the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. He has participated with his work in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 6th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film En la luz del sol brillante (2008), that was also presented at the 20th International Short Film Festival, Brazil; at the 13th Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival, New Zealand; and the 24th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TGLFF), Italy, among others. At the 9th FICM, he participated with his short fiction film Vendaval (2011) that was also presented at the 54th Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain, and the 16th Film Festival of Lima, Peru. Other Movies If I Were Fire 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 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 40 + 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 Related News LA VIRGEN DE LA TOSQUERA Enchanted Audiences at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 “Where and Who We Are Changes as Life Shapes Us With Blows and God Dictates the Form”: Guillermo del Toro's Message Ahead of FRANKENSTEIN'S Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 PARA VIVIR: EL IMPLACABLE TIEMPO DE PABLO MILANÉS at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 Alexandra Hedison Presented ALOK, a Short Film That Goes Beyond the Binary, at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Torres Torres, Jesús He studied communication at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He won, among other scholarships and grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2000, and received the support of the 10th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) in 2010. He was the winner of the 6th Alejandro Galindo Screenwriting Improvement Workshop and was part of the Projects in Development Nuevas Miradas at the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. He has participated with his work in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 6th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film En la luz del sol brillante (2008), that was also presented at the 20th International Short Film Festival, Brazil; at the 13th Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival, New Zealand; and the 24th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TGLFF), Italy, among others. At the 9th FICM, he participated with his short fiction film Vendaval (2011) that was also presented at the 54th Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain, and the 16th Film Festival of Lima, Peru.
If I Were Fire 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 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
40 + 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
LA VIRGEN DE LA TOSQUERA Enchanted Audiences at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 “Where and Who We Are Changes as Life Shapes Us With Blows and God Dictates the Form”: Guillermo del Toro's Message Ahead of FRANKENSTEIN'S Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 PARA VIVIR: EL IMPLACABLE TIEMPO DE PABLO MILANÉS at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25 Alexandra Hedison Presented ALOK, a Short Film That Goes Beyond the Binary, at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25
“Where and Who We Are Changes as Life Shapes Us With Blows and God Dictates the Form”: Guillermo del Toro's Message Ahead of FRANKENSTEIN'S Premiere at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25
Alexandra Hedison Presented ALOK, a Short Film That Goes Beyond the Binary, at the 23rd FICM 10 · 15 · 25
