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Ibaven, Michelle

She studied communication at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico, and did postgraduate studies at the Madrid Film School, Spain: in documentary film directing and screenwriting, and directing of photography for digital film. She received the “David Alfaro Siqueiros” Artistic Creation and Development Stimulus Program grant, in Chihuahua, on two occasions in 2010 and in 2012. She won the Best Short Film Documentary award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish), Mexico, with her short documentary film Coyera (2009). She won the award for Best Documentary by a Woman at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for her first feature length documentary No hay lugar lejano (2012), which was shown at more than 20 film screenings and festivals around the world and won, among other prizes, a Jury Special Mention at the 23rd Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, and three awards for Best Documentary: at the 7th Ecozine International Film and Environment Festival of Zaragoza, Spain; the 11th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), Nepal; and the 5th “Cinema Planeta” International Film and Environment Festival, Mexico City.

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Zumbido
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

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

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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