Image Borealis, Sarah She received a BA in literature and Latin American studies, a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D in Latin American history from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Her academic research and publications include a photo visual anthology, Mexico: Stencil: Propa (2008), which documents the expression of political art (stencils) by anonymous street artists of Oaxaca and Mexico City, as well as the article “Santa Muerte Profile”, in 2012, of The World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), United States. Her films have been shown at more than 10 screenings, festivals, museums and academic forums around the world. Her documentary short film, El día primero: Santa Muerte en el barrio de Tepito (2011), co-directed with Neyda Paredes, was shown at the 1st Ethnografilm Festival, Paris, and the Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2012, among others. Her documentary short film, Jeuh kieh a jm hm kahun / El sendero del caldo de piedra (2013), co-directed with Arturo Juárez Aguilar, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). This work won the Best Short Film Screenplay Award at the 4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (BSFF), India, and has also participated in the 2nd Mpumalanga Short Film Festival (MSFF), South Africa; in the 26th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; in the 17th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and in the DocuLab.4 at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), among others. 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 54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Borealis, Sarah She received a BA in literature and Latin American studies, a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D in Latin American history from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Her academic research and publications include a photo visual anthology, Mexico: Stencil: Propa (2008), which documents the expression of political art (stencils) by anonymous street artists of Oaxaca and Mexico City, as well as the article “Santa Muerte Profile”, in 2012, of The World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), United States. Her films have been shown at more than 10 screenings, festivals, museums and academic forums around the world. Her documentary short film, El día primero: Santa Muerte en el barrio de Tepito (2011), co-directed with Neyda Paredes, was shown at the 1st Ethnografilm Festival, Paris, and the Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2012, among others. Her documentary short film, Jeuh kieh a jm hm kahun / El sendero del caldo de piedra (2013), co-directed with Arturo Juárez Aguilar, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). This work won the Best Short Film Screenplay Award at the 4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (BSFF), India, and has also participated in the 2nd Mpumalanga Short Film Festival (MSFF), South Africa; in the 26th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; in the 17th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and in the DocuLab.4 at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), among others.
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
54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
