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 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 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.
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
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
