Aguilar Pradal, Emilio

He studied cinematography at the CUEC-UNAM film school in Mexico City. He participated in the 1st and 2nd Chicali Film Fest (International), Mexicali, with his short fiction film El hombre que no podía llorar (2007) and his short documentary film Revolución S.A. de C.V. (2008), respectively. He presented his short fiction film Desierto cielo (2010) at the 7th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). He participated in nine festivals in Spain and Mexico with his short documentary film Los desposeídos (2009), including the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and the 38th International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain. He won an Honorable Mention for the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives in 2009 for Los desposeídos; in addition to the Best Documentary award at the 4th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and the Best Documentary and the Emilio “Indio” Fernández awards at the 4th Mantarraya University Short Film Festival, Nayarit, Mexico.