Image Villegas Gómez, Luis Enrique He studied human communication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) in Mexico City. He is currently a professor in audiovisual production at the Universidad Latina de América (UNLA), Morelia, and since 1996 has given various courses on cinematography for children with his project Juguemos a Grabar, in Michoacán. He has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short film Manuel Guízar, actor (2002). He received funding from the Support Program for Municipal and Community Cultures (PACMYC) of the Regional Unity of Popular and Indigenous Cultures of Michoacán to make a series of five short films in video, Hilos de sueños (2006), about artisan children in the State of Michoacán. The series won the Principios 2006 Prize, granted by the Council of Communication, Mexico. His documentary short film Cocuchas (2006), spoken in the Purépecha language, won First Place and the Grand Prize “Bachiller Álvaro Gálvez y Fuentes” at the 1st Iberoamerican Festival of Education TV and Video, as well as a Special Recognition for the Audiovisual Preservation of Popular Traditions at the 8th Silver Screen Festival, Mexico. At the 5th FICM, he presented his documentary video Juguemos a grabar (continuación) and competed with his short film De regreso (2007), which won First Place in the National Competition of Radiophonic and Television Production 2007, convened by the Network of Education and Cultural Radio and Television Stations of Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Indigenous Film and Video Festival of Michoacán (FECVI); and a Special Mention at the 9th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. This work belongs to the cultural heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 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 Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Villegas Gómez, Luis Enrique He studied human communication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) in Mexico City. He is currently a professor in audiovisual production at the Universidad Latina de América (UNLA), Morelia, and since 1996 has given various courses on cinematography for children with his project Juguemos a Grabar, in Michoacán. He has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short film Manuel Guízar, actor (2002). He received funding from the Support Program for Municipal and Community Cultures (PACMYC) of the Regional Unity of Popular and Indigenous Cultures of Michoacán to make a series of five short films in video, Hilos de sueños (2006), about artisan children in the State of Michoacán. The series won the Principios 2006 Prize, granted by the Council of Communication, Mexico. His documentary short film Cocuchas (2006), spoken in the Purépecha language, won First Place and the Grand Prize “Bachiller Álvaro Gálvez y Fuentes” at the 1st Iberoamerican Festival of Education TV and Video, as well as a Special Recognition for the Audiovisual Preservation of Popular Traditions at the 8th Silver Screen Festival, Mexico. At the 5th FICM, he presented his documentary video Juguemos a grabar (continuación) and competed with his short film De regreso (2007), which won First Place in the National Competition of Radiophonic and Television Production 2007, convened by the Network of Education and Cultural Radio and Television Stations of Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Indigenous Film and Video Festival of Michoacán (FECVI); and a Special Mention at the 9th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. This work belongs to the cultural heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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
Hernán Cortés: two atypical visions 04 · 10 · 25 MIL CAMINOS TIENE LA MUERTE: Arsenio Campos (1946-2025) 04 · 03 · 25 EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25
