Image Cizana López; Alma Yoari Direction Alma Yoari Cizana López is a Zapotec filmmaker originally from the Oaxaca Valley. She majored in Communication Sciences and subsequently expanded her documentary filmmaking training through programs such as Ambulante Más Allá [Ambulante Beyond] and CCC con Patas—an initiative associated with the Film Training Center [CCC, by its initialism in Spanish, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica]. As a filmmaker, she has made the short films Trazos de la Resistencia [Traces of Resistance]—which explores graphic art and the social movements that took place in Oaxaca in 2006—and Mujer Raíz [Woman of Roots]—which portrays the experiences of women who continue to sustain their homes while facing migration processes.In collaboration with filmmaker Patricia Matus Alonso, she co-directed Ni racaladxe’ (Lo que yo quiero) [What I Want], a documentary short film made in the Zapotec language and produced with the support of the Incentive for Audiovisual Creation in Mexico and Central America for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Communities [ECAMC, by its initialism in Spanish, Creación Audiovisual en México y Centroamérica para Comunidades Indígenas y Afrodescendientes] from the Mexican Film Institute [IMCINE, by its acronym in Spanish, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía]. Other Movies 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 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 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 Related News The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cizana López; Alma Yoari Direction Alma Yoari Cizana López is a Zapotec filmmaker originally from the Oaxaca Valley. She majored in Communication Sciences and subsequently expanded her documentary filmmaking training through programs such as Ambulante Más Allá [Ambulante Beyond] and CCC con Patas—an initiative associated with the Film Training Center [CCC, by its initialism in Spanish, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica]. As a filmmaker, she has made the short films Trazos de la Resistencia [Traces of Resistance]—which explores graphic art and the social movements that took place in Oaxaca in 2006—and Mujer Raíz [Woman of Roots]—which portrays the experiences of women who continue to sustain their homes while facing migration processes.In collaboration with filmmaker Patricia Matus Alonso, she co-directed Ni racaladxe’ (Lo que yo quiero) [What I Want], a documentary short film made in the Zapotec language and produced with the support of the Incentive for Audiovisual Creation in Mexico and Central America for Indigenous and Afro-descendant Communities [ECAMC, by its initialism in Spanish, Creación Audiovisual en México y Centroamérica para Comunidades Indígenas y Afrodescendientes] from the Mexican Film Institute [IMCINE, by its acronym in Spanish, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía].
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 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 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
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
