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2012 | B/N |
  • The Audience Award, selected through the ballots that are distributed to the viewing public throughout the week, consists of a diploma.
  • The award for Best Mexican Feature Film consists of a diploma, the Eye sculpture, two thousand feet of 35mm film donated by Kodak, 30% discount in New Art services, the Canal + Prize which includes the purchase of distribution rights in France, the "CANANA Digital Distribution" award, which supports the film in it's digital distribution in Mexico, 120 thousand pesos granted by Fundación Televisa, and the Hermés director's chair, donated by the Fundación Hermés.

Participation year at FICM: 2012

Director Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

40 +

40 +
Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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