Image Ávila del Pino; Pepe He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, where he received a Laudatory Mention for his thesis, the short film, Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007). He also studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), New York University (NYU). He obtained the Support for Foreign Studies grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), from 2008 to 2011, and a scholarship from the TSOA of New York, from 2010 to 2012. Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007) also won First Place at the 1st Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Competition, Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Unifest: International University Film Festival, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain; and the Audience Award at the 4th International Short Film Festival Cine a las Calles, Mexico. His spec comercial for Axe, Assume the consequences, was a finalist in the 6th AICP Show & Next Awards, United States. He received in 2012 the ARRI Volker Bahnemann award for cinematography for the collection of his work, given by ARRI CSC, New York. His short fiction film Batallas latentes (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Other Movies Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News Fondeadora: Una manera de democratizar el financiamiento 03 · 03 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ávila del Pino; Pepe He studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, where he received a Laudatory Mention for his thesis, the short film, Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007). He also studied philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master’s degree in filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), New York University (NYU). He obtained the Support for Foreign Studies grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), from 2008 to 2011, and a scholarship from the TSOA of New York, from 2010 to 2012. Breve cuento sobre la aparición espontánea de un árbol imaginario (2007) also won First Place at the 1st Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Competition, Mexico; First Place at the 3rd Unifest: International University Film Festival, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain; and the Audience Award at the 4th International Short Film Festival Cine a las Calles, Mexico. His spec comercial for Axe, Assume the consequences, was a finalist in the 6th AICP Show & Next Awards, United States. He received in 2012 the ARRI Volker Bahnemann award for cinematography for the collection of his work, given by ARRI CSC, New York. His short fiction film Batallas latentes (2014) is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
