Múzquiz, Miguel

He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA, in Spanish) and took a course in screenwriting at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He received the Film Creators Grant 2009 from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) for his feature screenplay El buen soldado.  He won the Best Feature Screenplay in the International Competition award at the 4th Oaxaca FilmFest for his screenplay Bardo. He participated in the 23rd Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (TGLFF) and the 2nd Pride International Film Festival (PIFF), Manila, among others, with his short fiction film Puente (2007). He participated in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival as producer of the feature-length documentary Stanley Sprockets: 101 Ways to Make a World Tour (2008) by Erik Flores Zavala, and as director with his short documentary film Spital Zürich (2008). This last film participated in the Short Film Corner of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, among other festivals, and won the Best Mexican Short Film award at the 5th Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey, in Spanish), and two Special Mentions, for documentary and editing, at the 5th Kinoki International College Film Festival, Mexico City. He won a Special Mention at the Short Film Corner Cannes à la Flip Competition of the 61st Cannes Film Festival with his short fiction film Last Results (2008). He participated in the 6th FIC Monterrey and the 8th Lago Film Fest with his short fiction film Afuera (2011).