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He has a degree in Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He graduated with a specialty in Direction from the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC). During his academic stage he directed the short films Perdona nuestras ofensas (2013), nominated for a Diosa de Plata as Best Short Fiction Film; Fausto en la oscuridad (2017), for which he won the Best Director award at the Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival; and Dejar la piel (2017), Doculatente Award for Best WIP, awarded at the 6th DOCULAB - Guadalajara International Film Festival; this award consisted of attending the IDF Academy during the 27th Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). Professionally, he has worked as a producer of more than a dozen short films, as well as the documentary feature, M (2018), by Eva Villaseñor, which won the Best Mexican Documentary Award at the 21st edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival and the Ambulante Award for Documentary at the 16th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He is currently a teacher at several universities, while he develops his debut film, La mano, que aplastarnos quiere.

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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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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