Image Valle; José Luis Filmmaker, graduated from the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. His first feature film Workers (2013) had its world premiere at the “Panorama” section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany; it won the “Abrazo de Oro” for Best Latin American Film at the 22nd Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and “Colón de Oro” for Best Iberoamerican Film at the 39th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain, where it also won Best Screenplay and the Spanish Press Award to “the film that best reflects Latin American reality”. In Mexico, Workers won the Mezcal Award at the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) and the Eye for Best Fiction Feature Film at the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), It has been selected at dozens of festivals, including the 28th Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; and the 61st San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain; and the 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). It was nominated to three Meican Academy Awards (Ariels). His second feature film Las búsquedas (2013) won the Young Jury Award at the 3rd Riviera Maya Film Festival (RMFF) and Best Film at the 9th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), both in Mexico. It also won the World Cinema Amsterdam Award and the Jury Prize at the 23rd Biarritz Festival. Since 2015, he is a member of the National System for Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA-CONACULTA), in the category of Film, in 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 FICM winning films screened in Hong Kong 04 · 19 · 17 Sound & Vision: Ciclo de cine británico contemporáneo 07 · 31 · 15 La lista completa de nominadas al Ariel 2014 04 · 07 · 14 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 Valle; José Luis Filmmaker, graduated from the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. His first feature film Workers (2013) had its world premiere at the “Panorama” section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany; it won the “Abrazo de Oro” for Best Latin American Film at the 22nd Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and “Colón de Oro” for Best Iberoamerican Film at the 39th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain, where it also won Best Screenplay and the Spanish Press Award to “the film that best reflects Latin American reality”. In Mexico, Workers won the Mezcal Award at the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) and the Eye for Best Fiction Feature Film at the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), It has been selected at dozens of festivals, including the 28th Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina; and the 61st San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain; and the 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). It was nominated to three Meican Academy Awards (Ariels). His second feature film Las búsquedas (2013) won the Young Jury Award at the 3rd Riviera Maya Film Festival (RMFF) and Best Film at the 9th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), both in Mexico. It also won the World Cinema Amsterdam Award and the Jury Prize at the 23rd Biarritz Festival. Since 2015, he is a member of the National System for Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA-CONACULTA), in the category of Film, in 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
FICM winning films screened in Hong Kong 04 · 19 · 17 Sound & Vision: Ciclo de cine británico contemporáneo 07 · 31 · 15 La lista completa de nominadas al Ariel 2014 04 · 07 · 14 Presencia del cine mexicano en Toulouse 2014 03 · 18 · 14
