Image Vigas; Lorenzo He studied biology at the University of Tampa, Florida, and took a workshop in advanced cinema at New York University (NYU), United States. With his short fiction film Los elefantes nunca olvidan (2004), he participated in the 43rd Critics’ Week, Cannes, France; the 27th Clermont-Ferrance International Short Film Festival, France; and the New Directors/New Films 2005 at Lincoln Center and the MoMa, New York, among others. For this film he won the Special Mariposa Monarca Jury Award at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the award for Best Mexican Short Film at the 8th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); the Best Short Fiction Film prize at the 15th Río de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Curta Cinema, Brazil; and the Casa de América Award at the 32nd International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain, among others. His feature Desde allá (2015) won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and will premiere in Mexico at the 13th FICM. 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 Michel Franco y Guillermo Arriaga recibirán homenaje en España 05 · 22 · 18 XV years, 15 editions: FICM 2015, 13th edition 09 · 12 · 17 Películas nominadas al Ariel 2017 disponibles en línea 07 · 07 · 17 Nominados a los Premios Fénix 2016 11 · 24 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Vigas; Lorenzo He studied biology at the University of Tampa, Florida, and took a workshop in advanced cinema at New York University (NYU), United States. With his short fiction film Los elefantes nunca olvidan (2004), he participated in the 43rd Critics’ Week, Cannes, France; the 27th Clermont-Ferrance International Short Film Festival, France; and the New Directors/New Films 2005 at Lincoln Center and the MoMa, New York, among others. For this film he won the Special Mariposa Monarca Jury Award at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the award for Best Mexican Short Film at the 8th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); the Best Short Fiction Film prize at the 15th Río de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Curta Cinema, Brazil; and the Casa de América Award at the 32nd International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain, among others. His feature Desde allá (2015) won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and will premiere in Mexico at the 13th FICM.
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
Michel Franco y Guillermo Arriaga recibirán homenaje en España 05 · 22 · 18 XV years, 15 editions: FICM 2015, 13th edition 09 · 12 · 17 Películas nominadas al Ariel 2017 disponibles en línea 07 · 07 · 17 Nominados a los Premios Fénix 2016 11 · 24 · 16
