Image Vergara Zatarain, Amaury He studied at the New York Film Academy (NYFA). He started his career making commercials, cinema verité and video clips, and was part of the directing staff of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) by Guillermo del Toro, which premiered in the context of the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is the founder of ORGN, a film, advertising and awareness production company in Mexico. He won the Best Short Film Award at the 2nd International Film Festival Antigua Barbuda (IFFAB) for his short fiction film Piano mudo (2011), which also participated in the 10° FICM and in the 7th Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF), Australia. He won the Best Short Film Award presented by the Jalisco Film Academy in the context of the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) for his short fiction film Marea (2014), which was part of the Official Selection of the 4th Festival Arte Careyes Film & Art, Mexico, and which was presented at the ACME Brooklyn Gallery, New York, in May 2014. Other Movies 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 Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News London MexFest 2013, a celebration of Mexican talent 07 · 09 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Vergara Zatarain, Amaury He studied at the New York Film Academy (NYFA). He started his career making commercials, cinema verité and video clips, and was part of the directing staff of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) by Guillermo del Toro, which premiered in the context of the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is the founder of ORGN, a film, advertising and awareness production company in Mexico. He won the Best Short Film Award at the 2nd International Film Festival Antigua Barbuda (IFFAB) for his short fiction film Piano mudo (2011), which also participated in the 10° FICM and in the 7th Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF), Australia. He won the Best Short Film Award presented by the Jalisco Film Academy in the context of the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) for his short fiction film Marea (2014), which was part of the Official Selection of the 4th Festival Arte Careyes Film & Art, Mexico, and which was presented at the ACME Brooklyn Gallery, New York, in May 2014.
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
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
