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 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 The 23rd Edition of the Morelia International Film Festival Opened with Kleber Mendonça Filho's THE SECRET AGENT 10 · 10 · 25 "I Don't Like the Idea of Pure Cinema": Kleber Mendonça Filho Talks About THE SECRET AGENT at the 23rd FICM 10 · 10 · 25 The Third Film Development Lab for Filmmakers of Indigenous and African Descent in Mexico has Begun 10 · 09 · 25 The 2025 Indigenous Peoples Forum Announces its Activities for the 23rd FICM 10 · 08 · 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).
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
The 23rd Edition of the Morelia International Film Festival Opened with Kleber Mendonça Filho's THE SECRET AGENT 10 · 10 · 25 "I Don't Like the Idea of Pure Cinema": Kleber Mendonça Filho Talks About THE SECRET AGENT at the 23rd FICM 10 · 10 · 25 The Third Film Development Lab for Filmmakers of Indigenous and African Descent in Mexico has Begun 10 · 09 · 25 The 2025 Indigenous Peoples Forum Announces its Activities for the 23rd FICM 10 · 08 · 25
The 23rd Edition of the Morelia International Film Festival Opened with Kleber Mendonça Filho's THE SECRET AGENT 10 · 10 · 25
"I Don't Like the Idea of Pure Cinema": Kleber Mendonça Filho Talks About THE SECRET AGENT at the 23rd FICM 10 · 10 · 25
The Third Film Development Lab for Filmmakers of Indigenous and African Descent in Mexico has Begun 10 · 09 · 25
