Image Villarreal; René U. He studied communication at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and received a master’s degree in semiotics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his first film Cumbia callejera (2007), which won, among other awards, the Best Film in the Perspectives Section of the 30th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia; the Best First Film Award at the 10th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Best Film Award at the 13th International Festival of Young Filmmakers at Saint Jean de Luz, France; and the Audience Award at the 12th International Film Festival at Punta del Este, Uruguay. 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 “I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Frederick Wiseman and the poetics of patience 03 · 03 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Villarreal; René U. He studied communication at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and received a master’s degree in semiotics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He participated in the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his first film Cumbia callejera (2007), which won, among other awards, the Best Film in the Perspectives Section of the 30th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia; the Best First Film Award at the 10th Iberoamerican Film Festival of Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Best Film Award at the 13th International Festival of Young Filmmakers at Saint Jean de Luz, France; and the Audience Award at the 12th International Film Festival at Punta del Este, Uruguay.
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
“I want cinema to remain independent of power”: Interview with Lucrecia Martel 03 · 06 · 26 Frederick Wiseman and the poetics of patience 03 · 03 · 26 Kleber Mendonça Filho: cinefilia y memoria en EL AGENTE SECRETO 02 · 27 · 26 Filmmaking without fear: Robin Campillo and the legacy of Laurent Cantet at ENZO 02 · 20 · 26
