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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.

Other 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

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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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