Image Tovar Velarde, Sergio He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2009. His work was presented at more than 50 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won the Silver Goddess for Best Short Film award at the 35th Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and the Silver REMI for Best Short Film at the 39th WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival, Texas, among other awards, for his short fiction film La voz de las cigarras (2005). He won the Audience Award at the 3rd Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City for his short filmEl joven Telarañas (2006). At the 5th FICM, he participated with his short films El gusano (2006) and Edén (2007). Edén received the Best Mexican Short Film award at the 20th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival México (SSFFM) and the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival. He participated at the 9th FICM with his short fiction film Jet Lag (2011) and won the Audience Award at the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) for his feature film Los inadaptados (segmento “chat”) (2011). He participated in the Morelia LAB Production Workshop of the 9th FICM with his feature-length fiction project Cuatro lunas (2014), which won the Guadalajara Construye 7/Films in Progress award at the 28th FICG. His short fiction film The Stepmother (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM. 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 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Cine mexicano en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca 2015 06 · 10 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Tovar Velarde, Sergio He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He received the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2009. His work was presented at more than 50 film showings and festivals around the world, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He won the Silver Goddess for Best Short Film award at the 35th Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and the Silver REMI for Best Short Film at the 39th WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival, Texas, among other awards, for his short fiction film La voz de las cigarras (2005). He won the Audience Award at the 3rd Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City for his short filmEl joven Telarañas (2006). At the 5th FICM, he participated with his short films El gusano (2006) and Edén (2007). Edén received the Best Mexican Short Film award at the 20th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival México (SSFFM) and the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival. He participated at the 9th FICM with his short fiction film Jet Lag (2011) and won the Audience Award at the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) for his feature film Los inadaptados (segmento “chat”) (2011). He participated in the Morelia LAB Production Workshop of the 9th FICM with his feature-length fiction project Cuatro lunas (2014), which won the Guadalajara Construye 7/Films in Progress award at the 28th FICG. His short fiction film The Stepmother (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.
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
¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Cine mexicano en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca 2015 06 · 10 · 15
