Image González; Juan Pablo He graduated from an M.F.A. in Film Direction and Production at the University of Texas at Austin, Unites States. He received a scholarship for studying abroad from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) from 2012-2013, and another scholarship from the Austin Film Society. He has worked as director of photography in diverse documentaries made in Mexico, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Central America. He participated in the 17th Las Americas International Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, with his documentary short film about the Mexican-American writer Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Hinojosa (2013), as part of the section “Made in Texas”. His documentary short film ¿Por qué el recuerdo? (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In 2015 he was named one of the 25 new faces of independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. His work includes documentary, fiction and experimental films, which have been shown in festival such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the Festival del film Locarno, Switzerland; the Cannes Film Festival, France; and the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsDF), Mexico, among others. He is currently a professor of the Master in Film Direction at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Other Movies The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Yugen When relentless rain threatens her sister’s life, a ceramic girl protects a fading ember from an ancient fire. But when the fire calls back the Trees of Life, she must decide whether she can return it: the very force that keeps her sister alive. Yugen is a stop motion short film crafted over eight years with puppets made from Mexican ceramics and inspired by the natural world. See More Yo soy Rocky In 1975, an unknown, penniless actor named Sylvester Stallone staked everything on a screenplay he had written, reserving the lead role for himself. This film chronicles the trials and tribulations behind one of Hollywood’s greatest stories of triumph over adversity. See More Related News Mexicanos en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Rotterdam 2018 01 · 25 · 18 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Función de cortometrajes del FICM en París 05 · 26 · 15 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image González; Juan Pablo He graduated from an M.F.A. in Film Direction and Production at the University of Texas at Austin, Unites States. He received a scholarship for studying abroad from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) from 2012-2013, and another scholarship from the Austin Film Society. He has worked as director of photography in diverse documentaries made in Mexico, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Central America. He participated in the 17th Las Americas International Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, with his documentary short film about the Mexican-American writer Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Hinojosa (2013), as part of the section “Made in Texas”. His documentary short film ¿Por qué el recuerdo? (2014) was part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In 2015 he was named one of the 25 new faces of independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. His work includes documentary, fiction and experimental films, which have been shown in festival such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands; the Festival del film Locarno, Switzerland; the Cannes Film Festival, France; and the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsDF), Mexico, among others. He is currently a professor of the Master in Film Direction at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
Yugen When relentless rain threatens her sister’s life, a ceramic girl protects a fading ember from an ancient fire. But when the fire calls back the Trees of Life, she must decide whether she can return it: the very force that keeps her sister alive. Yugen is a stop motion short film crafted over eight years with puppets made from Mexican ceramics and inspired by the natural world. See More
Yo soy Rocky In 1975, an unknown, penniless actor named Sylvester Stallone staked everything on a screenplay he had written, reserving the lead role for himself. This film chronicles the trials and tribulations behind one of Hollywood’s greatest stories of triumph over adversity. See More
Mexicanos en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Rotterdam 2018 01 · 25 · 18 ¡Conozcan los cortometrajes de ficción del 14º FICM! 09 · 21 · 16 Función de cortometrajes del FICM en París 05 · 26 · 15 Special Screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2015 05 · 19 · 15
