Image Hofmann; Sebastián He studied film at the Arts Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. He is the founder of the creative studio PIANO and has participated in numerous national and international film festivals, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He worked as photography director, editor and co-screenwriter in the feature film Canícula (2011), by José Álvarez, that was part of the Official Selection of the 9th FICM and that won, among other awards, the critics’ award FIPRESCI at the 14th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) in Greece; the SIGNIS Award at the 24th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; and the Young Jury Award at the 1st Riviera Maya Film Festival (RMFF), Mexico. He competed in the 10th FICM with his short fiction film Ismael (2012) and his first feature Halley (2012). Halley was shown at more than 50 film festivals around the world, including the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and the 29th Sundance Film Festival, and won, among other awards, the Best New Director award at the 31st Munich Film Festival, Germany; the New Visions award at the 46th SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Barcelona; and Best Photography at the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa. He was the photography director of the documentary feature by Nicolás Echevarría, Eco de la montaña (2013), which won the Jury Special Award and the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Picture at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), and the Best Documentary Award at the 18th Film Festival of Lima, Peru. 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 Halley, tras las pistas de nuestra propia decadencia: Entrevista con el director Sebastián Hofmann 08 · 16 · 21 De la artificialidad a la reflexión: Entrevista con Sebastián Hofmann 08 · 29 · 18 Estos son los mexicanos que ganaron en Sundance 2018 01 · 29 · 18 Mexicanos en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Rotterdam 2018 01 · 25 · 18 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Hofmann; Sebastián He studied film at the Arts Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. He is the founder of the creative studio PIANO and has participated in numerous national and international film festivals, including two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He worked as photography director, editor and co-screenwriter in the feature film Canícula (2011), by José Álvarez, that was part of the Official Selection of the 9th FICM and that won, among other awards, the critics’ award FIPRESCI at the 14th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) in Greece; the SIGNIS Award at the 24th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; and the Young Jury Award at the 1st Riviera Maya Film Festival (RMFF), Mexico. He competed in the 10th FICM with his short fiction film Ismael (2012) and his first feature Halley (2012). Halley was shown at more than 50 film festivals around the world, including the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and the 29th Sundance Film Festival, and won, among other awards, the Best New Director award at the 31st Munich Film Festival, Germany; the New Visions award at the 46th SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Barcelona; and Best Photography at the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa. He was the photography director of the documentary feature by Nicolás Echevarría, Eco de la montaña (2013), which won the Jury Special Award and the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Picture at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), and the Best Documentary Award at the 18th Film Festival of Lima, Peru.
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
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Halley, tras las pistas de nuestra propia decadencia: Entrevista con el director Sebastián Hofmann 08 · 16 · 21
