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González Penilla, Gilberto

He studied communication and advertising at the University of Tijuana (CUT) and cinematography at the CCC film school in Mexico City. He worked on the editing of Pablo Delgado Sánchez’ first feature film, Las lágrimas (2012), which was part of the Official Selection of the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He participated with his documentary short film, Amor en tiempos de incendios (2013), in the 11th FICM, the 9th edition of the Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico, and the 21st Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Canada. He participated in the 3rd Riviera Maya Film Festival (RMFF) and the 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) with his first feature film Los Hámsters (2014), which won the award for Best First Feature Film at the 5th Distrital Cine y Otros Mundos International Film Festival, Mexico City. He was nominated for Best Documentary at the 56th Ariel Awards, Mexico, for his documentary short film Conversaciones de un matrimonio (2014), which won the award for Best Short Film at the 18th International Short Film Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS), Chile.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
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

Vidas en la orilla
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

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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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