Image Ávila Dueñas, Iván He studied the science and techniques of communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), Guadalajara, and a course on screenwriting at the Center for Film Research and Teaching at the University of Guadalajara (U. of G.). He is the author of the book El cine mexicano de Luis Buñuel. Estudio de los argumentos y personajes (1994). He received a Film, Video and Multimedia Grant from the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations in 1997. He is currently a member of the National System of Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. His work has participated in more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world. His first feature Adán y Eva (todavía) (2004) won a Jury Special Award at the 8th Method Fest Independent Film Festival, California, and was nominated for seven Ariel awards at the 52nd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Costume award. He received an award at the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; the Young European Jury award at the 16thBiarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and a Special Mention of the Jury at the 3rd Tremblant Film Festival, Canada, for his second feature film La sangre iluminada (2007). His feature-length documentary Zacateco (Labor Vincit Omnia) (2010) premiered at the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 4th UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), Mexico, among other festivals, with his feature-length documentary La mañana no comienza aquí (2014). 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 14th FICM Official Selection: El peluquero romántico 10 · 27 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Iván Ávila Dueñas 09 · 27 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Ávila Dueñas, Iván He studied the science and techniques of communication at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), Guadalajara, and a course on screenwriting at the Center for Film Research and Teaching at the University of Guadalajara (U. of G.). He is the author of the book El cine mexicano de Luis Buñuel. Estudio de los argumentos y personajes (1994). He received a Film, Video and Multimedia Grant from the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations in 1997. He is currently a member of the National System of Art Creators of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. His work has participated in more than 20 film showings and festivals around the world. His first feature Adán y Eva (todavía) (2004) won a Jury Special Award at the 8th Method Fest Independent Film Festival, California, and was nominated for seven Ariel awards at the 52nd Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, and won the Best Costume award. He received an award at the 1st Cancún Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico; the Young European Jury award at the 16thBiarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Cultures, France; and a Special Mention of the Jury at the 3rd Tremblant Film Festival, Canada, for his second feature film La sangre iluminada (2007). His feature-length documentary Zacateco (Labor Vincit Omnia) (2010) premiered at the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated in the 4th UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), Mexico, among other festivals, with his feature-length documentary La mañana no comienza aquí (2014).
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
14th FICM Official Selection: El peluquero romántico 10 · 27 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Iván Ávila Dueñas 09 · 27 · 16
