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 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 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).
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
