Image Vargas Torres, Cecilio He studied theater at the University of the Arts, Aguascalientes, Mexico. He won the Young Creators Scholarship of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to make the digital 3D animated short film, El último canto, which is in the process of post-production. He is currently working in a theater-installation program called Residua 1.0, which consists of the handling of a puppet in the street. This project is being conducted at his animation and aesthetic arts studio El Bigote de Chaplin, founded in 2008. His animated short film Dame Posada (2011) has been shown at more than 50 festivals, film screenings and museums around the world, including the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 39th SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival, Los Angeles; the Amon Carter Museum, Texas; the National Print Museum, Mexico City; and the museum Arts House Madrid, among others. This film received the award for Best Animated Project of the QUORUM 2012, Mexico City; Best Animation at the 7th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM); Best Emerging Director at the 2nd MIA Animation Conference & Festival, Miami, United States; and a nomination for the Ariel award for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Ariel Awards, Mexico. His short fiction film Bird song (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM. 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 Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Vargas Torres, Cecilio He studied theater at the University of the Arts, Aguascalientes, Mexico. He won the Young Creators Scholarship of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to make the digital 3D animated short film, El último canto, which is in the process of post-production. He is currently working in a theater-installation program called Residua 1.0, which consists of the handling of a puppet in the street. This project is being conducted at his animation and aesthetic arts studio El Bigote de Chaplin, founded in 2008. His animated short film Dame Posada (2011) has been shown at more than 50 festivals, film screenings and museums around the world, including the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the 39th SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival, Los Angeles; the Amon Carter Museum, Texas; the National Print Museum, Mexico City; and the museum Arts House Madrid, among others. This film received the award for Best Animated Project of the QUORUM 2012, Mexico City; Best Animation at the 7th Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM); Best Emerging Director at the 2nd MIA Animation Conference & Festival, Miami, United States; and a nomination for the Ariel award for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Ariel Awards, Mexico. His short fiction film Bird song (2016) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.
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
