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Zúñiga, Juan Manuel

He studied social psychology at the Universidad Mexicana (UNIMEX) and is currently studying film at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short fiction film Don Sabás (2012), that was shown at more than 30 film screenings and festivals around the world and won, among other prizes, the Best International Short Fiction Film award at the 15th ICARO International Central American Film Festival, Guatemala; the Critics’ Award for Best Picture at the 6th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia; and an Honorable Mention at the 19th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Krakow. His short fiction film Number Eighty (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.

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

40 +

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

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