González-Rubio, Pedro

He studied communication at the Intercontinental University (UIC), in Mexico City, and Art & Technique of Filmmaking at the London Film School (LFS). His work has participated in more than 10 film festival around the world and has won awards at three editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). For Toro negro (2005) he won Best Feature Documentary at the 3rd FICM and at the 27th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, among others. For his first fiction feature film, Alamar (2009), he won the award for Best Mexican Feature and the Audience Award at the 7th FICM; the Tiger Award for Best Film at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR); and the New Directors Award at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), among other awards. His documentary Inori (2012) won the award for Best Feature Documentary at the 10th FICM and the Golden Leopard at the 65th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.