Image Hartley; Jill She studied visual arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and fine arts and ethnographic film at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States. She participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with her documentary short film 50 años de Cha-cha-chá (2003), about the history of the musical genre the film is named after, through the Orquesta América and narrated by its founder, Ninón Mondéjar, in Havana, Cuba. This work received the award for Best Documentary at the 7th Los Angeles International Shorts Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, California, and was also presented at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including the 25th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 1st Chicago International Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), Illinois; and the 2nd DocumentaMadrid International Madrid Documentary Film Festival, Spain. As a photographer she has worked on several projects and important magazines in Paris and New York. Her publications include the books Poland (1995) and Lotería Fotográfica Mexicana (1995), a tribute to the variety of picture cards of the popular Mexican game. 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 Hartley; Jill She studied visual arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and fine arts and ethnographic film at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States. She participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with her documentary short film 50 años de Cha-cha-chá (2003), about the history of the musical genre the film is named after, through the Orquesta América and narrated by its founder, Ninón Mondéjar, in Havana, Cuba. This work received the award for Best Documentary at the 7th Los Angeles International Shorts Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, California, and was also presented at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including the 25th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 1st Chicago International Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), Illinois; and the 2nd DocumentaMadrid International Madrid Documentary Film Festival, Spain. As a photographer she has worked on several projects and important magazines in Paris and New York. Her publications include the books Poland (1995) and Lotería Fotográfica Mexicana (1995), a tribute to the variety of picture cards of the popular Mexican game.
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
