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Villanueva, Eduardo

Self-taught artist and filmmaker, he studied music at the University of Guadalajara (U. de G.) and Architecture at the Jesuit University of Guadalajara (ITESO, in Spanish), in Jalisco, Mexico. His first film Viaje a Tulúm (2011) premiered at the 2nd UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), Mexico City and was shown at the 40th Cervantine International Festival, Guanajuato; the 4th Cerbère’s Film Encounters in France; the Museum of the City in Querétaro and the Museum of Art in Zapopan, Mexico, among other festivals and museums. His film Penumbra (2013) was exhibited at more than 30 festivals around the world, including the 11th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) in Greece; the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) in Scotland; the 51st Gijón International Film Festival (FICXixón) in Spain; the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) in South Africa; the 18th International Film Festival of kerala (IFFK), India; the 9th Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, Mexico; the 3rd Madeira Film Festival (MFF), Portugal; the 12th Brighton International Film Festival (BIFF), England; the 35th Havana Film Festival, Cuba; the 25th New Orleans Film Festival, Luisiana; the 3rd FICUNAM, Mexico City; the 28th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI in Spanish), Argentina; and in a series at the Reina Sofía National Museum and Arts Center in Madrid. He received for the post-production of this work the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) at the 41th International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) and the Lions Film Award at the 42th edition of the same festival. Penumbra won the FIPRESCI award at the 28th Mar del Plata International Film Festival and the award for Best Director at the 1st International Film and New Adiovisual Formats Festival, MENDOZA PROYECTA, in Argentina.

 

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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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

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