Image Villamil, Jessica She studied Journalism and Audiovisual production at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and Film Studies with a specialty in Cinematography and Directing at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM). Client (2012), her short fiction film, was part of the Official Selection of the 8th Acapulco International Film Festival, Mexico. She has been in charge of the photography of numerous short fiction and documentary films such as El aplastamiento de las gotas (2014),Cuéntale lo del gato (2016), Por un puñado de canicas (2014), winner of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) Support for Production in 2012, and El sonido más fuerte (2012). She was also part of the second unit of photography for the feature film El sueño del Marakame, part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); and of the documentary El caso Ayapaneco (2014). She has also occupied diverse positions in film productions, including Todo el mundo tiene a alguien menos yo (2013) (still photographer), Workers (2013) (boom), La tirisia (2014) (second director assistant), El Jeremías (2015) (assistant editor), Anadina (2015) (second director assistant), and Tamara y la Catarina (2016) (digital image technician). She is currently collaborating as photographer in the the documentaries Temporada de campo, a project supported by the Latin America Fund Grantees 2016 of the Tribeca Film Institute; and La herida invisible, selected for the 3rd edition of GenderLab/ Work in Progress of the 5th edition of the International Film Festival with Gender Perspective (MICGénero). Her short fiction film Transversales (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM. 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 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Villamil, Jessica She studied Journalism and Audiovisual production at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and Film Studies with a specialty in Cinematography and Directing at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM). Client (2012), her short fiction film, was part of the Official Selection of the 8th Acapulco International Film Festival, Mexico. She has been in charge of the photography of numerous short fiction and documentary films such as El aplastamiento de las gotas (2014),Cuéntale lo del gato (2016), Por un puñado de canicas (2014), winner of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) Support for Production in 2012, and El sonido más fuerte (2012). She was also part of the second unit of photography for the feature film El sueño del Marakame, part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); and of the documentary El caso Ayapaneco (2014). She has also occupied diverse positions in film productions, including Todo el mundo tiene a alguien menos yo (2013) (still photographer), Workers (2013) (boom), La tirisia (2014) (second director assistant), El Jeremías (2015) (assistant editor), Anadina (2015) (second director assistant), and Tamara y la Catarina (2016) (digital image technician). She is currently collaborating as photographer in the the documentaries Temporada de campo, a project supported by the Latin America Fund Grantees 2016 of the Tribeca Film Institute; and La herida invisible, selected for the 3rd edition of GenderLab/ Work in Progress of the 5th edition of the International Film Festival with Gender Perspective (MICGénero). Her short fiction film Transversales (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.
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
