Image Cárdenas, Raúl He studied graphic design at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG, in Spanish) and received a master’s degree in animation from the School of Theater, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with the support of of a Fulbright-García Robles scholarship and a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) of Mexico. His work has received more than 40 national and international awards and has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He received a grant from the FONCA to make his animated short film Calaverita (2005), co-directed with his brother Rafael Cárdenas, which was selected for the 3rd FICM and nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his animated short film Luna (2010), also in co-direction with Rafael Cárdenas, which won the 8th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE); the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards Ceremony; the Silver Goddess for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico; a Special Jury Mention at the 14th Tour de Cine Francés, Mexico; and the Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Luna was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Academy Awards Ceremony in the United States. Other Movies The Dreamers In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More If I Were Fire 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 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 Related News The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cárdenas, Raúl He studied graphic design at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG, in Spanish) and received a master’s degree in animation from the School of Theater, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with the support of of a Fulbright-García Robles scholarship and a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) of Mexico. His work has received more than 40 national and international awards and has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He received a grant from the FONCA to make his animated short film Calaverita (2005), co-directed with his brother Rafael Cárdenas, which was selected for the 3rd FICM and nominated for an Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Ariel Awards Ceremony, Mexico, among others. He participated in the 8th FICM with his animated short film Luna (2010), also in co-direction with Rafael Cárdenas, which won the 8th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE); the Ariel for Best Animated Short Film at the 53rd Ariel Awards Ceremony; the Silver Goddess for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Silver Goddess Awards Ceremony, Mexico; a Special Jury Mention at the 14th Tour de Cine Francés, Mexico; and the Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Luna was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Academy Awards Ceremony in the United States.
The Dreamers In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More
If I Were Fire 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 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
The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26
Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26
