Makhlouf Akl, Tufic

He studied industrial design at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish), received a master’s degree in philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and studied cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. His work has participated in more than 30 film showings and festivals around the world, including six editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). His first film Sexo impostor (2005) premiered at the 3rd FICM and was nominated for a Silver Goddess for Best Feature at the 35th Silver Goddess Ceremony in Mexico. He participated, among other festivals, in the 4th FICM and in the 29th Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA), Montreal, with his feature-length documentary A través de A(lan) Glass (2006), which won the Best Director and Best Editing awards at the 9th Crystal Screen Festival in Mexico City. La noche más venturosa (2007) was presented at the 5th FICM and won the Best Photography award at the 10th Crystal Screen Festival. He presented his short documentary film Rara Avis (1985) at the 6th FICM, the Museum of Mexico City and the Museum of Modern Art (MAM, in Spanish), among others. He participated in the 7th FICM and the 2nd International Art Documentary Film Festival ARTES.DOCS, Mexico City, with his animated short film El gabinete surrealista de Alan Glass (2009). At the 10th FICM, he presented his short documentary film La casa de Luis Barragán. Un valor universal (2011), which participated at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), the 31st FIFA, Montreal, and the Bogotá Film Festival (Bogocine), among other film showings and festivals. For this film, he won the Best Effects, Best Original Soundtrack and Best Art Direction awards at the 14th Crystal Screen Festival. His feature-length documentary Remedios Varo. Misterio y revelación (2013) was presented at the Pompidou Center in Paris, and the Tour de Cine DOCUMENTArte, of the 28th FICG and 29th FICG.

Otras Películas

¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más!

Una mirada frenética recorre la convulsa Ciudad de México, metrópolis colosal sostenida por el mito del mestizaje y otras violencias coloniales. Pasado y presente tejen una ráfaga de imágenes; memorias fragmentadas de este territorio. Deidades antiguas que se encarnan, sueños que se desdoblan entre la intimidad, la complicidad y el tumulto. Una película errática que nos invita a reimaginar la compleja relación que sostenemos con la “mexicanidad”.

Ziuta travesías

Ziuta, polaca, judía y superviviente de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, era una mujer extraordinaria que despertaba especial devoción por su compromiso político y su participación en el apoyo a la lucha clandestina. Ziuta tuvo la determinación, siendo una adolescente, de resistir el exilio con entereza, salvando a su madre y a otra familia de perecer en la huida. A pesar de los horrores y las penurias, mantuvo una actitud agradecida ante la vida.

Zinzindurrunkarratz

Oskar Alegría emprende un viaje para recuperar el pasado. Con una cámara Super-8 que perteneció a su padre y que ha permanecido sin usar durante 41 años, planea seguir el camino del pastor —el viaje de trashumancia que su abuelo realizó en su juventud y cuyas coordenadas exactas nadie recuerda hoy en día.