Image Mendivil; Mariana Direction, Art direction, Edition, Script, Production Mariana Mendívil is a Mexican visual artist and filmmaker who graduated from the National School of Cinematic Arts [ENAC, by its acronym in Spanish, Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas] at the National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]. Her artistic practice explores collage, animation, and experimental filmmaking, with a particular interest in the body, memory, and experiences of displacement and rootlessness. She directed Memoria de un cuerpo desplazado [Memory of a Displaced Body] (2024), a short film that received the Best Short Film Award in the Aciertos category at the UNAM International Film Festival. The film later screened at festivals across Mexico, Germany, Croatia, China, and Brazil.Beyond her filmmaking practice, her visual art has been exhibited in solo and collective exhibitions in Mexico, Italy, and Croatia, as well as in biennials and festivals devoted to analog techniques. She also co-directed Incrustaciones, a medium-length film created as part of UNAM’s Contreras Chair, whose video installation was exhibited at the University Museum of Contemporary Art [MUAC, by its acronym in Spanish, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo]. 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 Mendivil; Mariana Direction, Art direction, Edition, Script, Production Mariana Mendívil is a Mexican visual artist and filmmaker who graduated from the National School of Cinematic Arts [ENAC, by its acronym in Spanish, Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas] at the National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM, by its acronym in Spanish, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]. Her artistic practice explores collage, animation, and experimental filmmaking, with a particular interest in the body, memory, and experiences of displacement and rootlessness. She directed Memoria de un cuerpo desplazado [Memory of a Displaced Body] (2024), a short film that received the Best Short Film Award in the Aciertos category at the UNAM International Film Festival. The film later screened at festivals across Mexico, Germany, Croatia, China, and Brazil.Beyond her filmmaking practice, her visual art has been exhibited in solo and collective exhibitions in Mexico, Italy, and Croatia, as well as in biennials and festivals devoted to analog techniques. She also co-directed Incrustaciones, a medium-length film created as part of UNAM’s Contreras Chair, whose video installation was exhibited at the University Museum of Contemporary Art [MUAC, by its acronym in Spanish, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo].
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
