Image Villalobos; Jorge He studied communication at the Iberoamericana University (UIA), Mexico City. Director, producer and film animator, he has published two illustrated stories: Jorge Soldado (2010) and El grillo y el escarabajo (2012). He is the founding partner of the animation workshop Brinca, where he directs the animated series El Chango y La Chancla (2012-2014). His work has participated in more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world. His short film Cabeza hueca (1990), in co-direction with Lorenzo Hagerman, was nominated for an Ariel for Best Short Fiction Film at the 33rd Ariel Awards, Mexico. He participated in the 49th Cannes Film Festival, France, and the 33rd Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) with his animated short film 4 maneras de tapar un hoyo (1995), in co-direction with Guillermo Rendón, for which he won, among other awards, the Golden Jaguar Award for Best Short Film at the 4th Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Quintana Roo; the OCIC award at the 11th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), Jalisco; and the Coral Third Prize for Animation at the 18th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba. He won for his short fiction film Pasajera (1997), the Audience First Award at the 23rd Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Andalucía, Spain; Best Screenplay and Best Short Film at the 1st Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico; and the Audience Award at the 9th São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, among others. He directed the chapter “Tenis blancos” of the television series on Once TV, Camino a casa (1999-2000), winner of the Bronze Medal for the Best Children’s Series at the 37th New York Film Festival (NYFF). He participated in the 18th International Film Festival for Children (…and not so children), “La Matatena,” Mexico City, with the chapter “Problemas de comunicación” from his television series El Chango y La Chancla (2012-2014). His animated short film El móvil (2014), co-directed with Carlos Hagerman, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). The short film has also participated in the 7th Ecozine International Film and Environment Festival of Zaragoza, Spain; the 17th GIFF; and the 29th FICG, among others, and in the 31st Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF). 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 The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Villalobos; Jorge He studied communication at the Iberoamericana University (UIA), Mexico City. Director, producer and film animator, he has published two illustrated stories: Jorge Soldado (2010) and El grillo y el escarabajo (2012). He is the founding partner of the animation workshop Brinca, where he directs the animated series El Chango y La Chancla (2012-2014). His work has participated in more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world. His short film Cabeza hueca (1990), in co-direction with Lorenzo Hagerman, was nominated for an Ariel for Best Short Fiction Film at the 33rd Ariel Awards, Mexico. He participated in the 49th Cannes Film Festival, France, and the 33rd Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) with his animated short film 4 maneras de tapar un hoyo (1995), in co-direction with Guillermo Rendón, for which he won, among other awards, the Golden Jaguar Award for Best Short Film at the 4th Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Quintana Roo; the OCIC award at the 11th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), Jalisco; and the Coral Third Prize for Animation at the 18th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba. He won for his short fiction film Pasajera (1997), the Audience First Award at the 23rd Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Andalucía, Spain; Best Screenplay and Best Short Film at the 1st Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico; and the Audience Award at the 9th São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, among others. He directed the chapter “Tenis blancos” of the television series on Once TV, Camino a casa (1999-2000), winner of the Bronze Medal for the Best Children’s Series at the 37th New York Film Festival (NYFF). He participated in the 18th International Film Festival for Children (…and not so children), “La Matatena,” Mexico City, with the chapter “Problemas de comunicación” from his television series El Chango y La Chancla (2012-2014). His animated short film El móvil (2014), co-directed with Carlos Hagerman, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). The short film has also participated in the 7th Ecozine International Film and Environment Festival of Zaragoza, Spain; the 17th GIFF; and the 29th FICG, among others, and in the 31st Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF).
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
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
