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Acevedo, Izabel

She studied Film at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), in Mexico City, and did postgraduate studies in screenwriting at the Catalan School of Cinema and Audiovisuals, (ESCAC), in Barcelona. She has participated in three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 8th FICM, she participated with her short fiction film Globo azul (2010), which was also part of the Official Selection of the Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes en Lambayeque FENACO, in Peru; and of the International Woman’s Film Festival in Seoul, Korea, among others. In the 10th FICM, she won the Best Short Fiction Film Award for Para armar un helicóptero (2012), which was presented in more than ten festivals around the world; including the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the 52nd Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival, the 6th Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine, and the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France, where it won the Award for Best International Short Film. Her first documentary feature film, El buen cristiano / The Good Christian (2016), is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM and it has traveled to festivals such as the Riviera Maya Film Festival and it won the FEISAL Award at the 31st Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). She currently lives and works in New York as a filmmaker and editor.

Other Movies

Naza

Naza
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa
Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More

The Buzz

Zumbido
During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More

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