Image Gutiérrez: Lorena Direction Lorena Gutiérrez is an advocate for the rights of femicide victims and a member of Colectivo Varinia. Her public activism began after the femicide of her daughter Fátima Varinia Quintana Gutiérrez, which occurred in 2015, when this little girl was 12 years old. Since then, she has taken part in justice-seeking processes and initiatives against gender violence, while also collaborating with organizations such as the National Citizen Observatory on Femicide [OCNF, by its initialism in Spanish, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano del Feminicidio]. Her case was also brought to national and international journalistic platforms, among them El País and CNN.Her introduction to filmmaking came through her collaboration with director Rodrigo Reyes on the documentary 499 (2021), in which she shared her testimony. That collaboration eventually led to Querida Fátima (2026), a project in which she took part as co-director. The film premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it received the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film, along with other recognitions. 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 Gutiérrez: Lorena Direction Lorena Gutiérrez is an advocate for the rights of femicide victims and a member of Colectivo Varinia. Her public activism began after the femicide of her daughter Fátima Varinia Quintana Gutiérrez, which occurred in 2015, when this little girl was 12 years old. Since then, she has taken part in justice-seeking processes and initiatives against gender violence, while also collaborating with organizations such as the National Citizen Observatory on Femicide [OCNF, by its initialism in Spanish, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano del Feminicidio]. Her case was also brought to national and international journalistic platforms, among them El País and CNN.Her introduction to filmmaking came through her collaboration with director Rodrigo Reyes on the documentary 499 (2021), in which she shared her testimony. That collaboration eventually led to Querida Fátima (2026), a project in which she took part as co-director. The film premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it received the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film, along with other recognitions.
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
