Image Cerano Bautista, Dante He studied indigenous education at the National Pedagogy University (UPN, in Spanish), Mexico, and received a master’s degree in humanities at the College of Michoacán (COLMICH). He won the Preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ Identity and Culture Award at the 6th American Festival of Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Video, Guatemala, and First Prize in the indigenous category at the 1st Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, for his short documentary film Ch´anantskua. El juego de la madurez (1999). He has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short documentary film Volver a ver / Exentani (2001). In the 2nd FICM, he presented his short films Uarhicha en la muerte (2003) and Día dos (2003), the last film in co-direction with Eduviges Tomás and winner of the Creativity Award at the 8th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile. In the 3rd FICM, he won the Best Work in the Michoacán Section with his short documentary film Cheranasticotown (2005), also co-directed by Eduviges Tomás. At the 7th FICM, a retrospective of the director was presented, where the above mentioned films, in addition to Xanini/Mazorcas (1999), were exhibited. 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 Programa del FICM en Casa Michoacán, en Chicago 05 · 27 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cerano Bautista, Dante He studied indigenous education at the National Pedagogy University (UPN, in Spanish), Mexico, and received a master’s degree in humanities at the College of Michoacán (COLMICH). He won the Preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ Identity and Culture Award at the 6th American Festival of Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Video, Guatemala, and First Prize in the indigenous category at the 1st Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City, for his short documentary film Ch´anantskua. El juego de la madurez (1999). He has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he presented his short documentary film Volver a ver / Exentani (2001). In the 2nd FICM, he presented his short films Uarhicha en la muerte (2003) and Día dos (2003), the last film in co-direction with Eduviges Tomás and winner of the Creativity Award at the 8th International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Santiago de Chile. In the 3rd FICM, he won the Best Work in the Michoacán Section with his short documentary film Cheranasticotown (2005), also co-directed by Eduviges Tomás. At the 7th FICM, a retrospective of the director was presented, where the above mentioned films, in addition to Xanini/Mazorcas (1999), were exhibited.
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
