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Juárez Montes, Martín

A Nahua independent filmmaker, he took a Master Documentary Film Class with a specialty in ethnographic film in the Directors Section of the Picture Production Workers Union of Mexico (S.T.P.C. de la R.M., in Spanish). He participated in the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his short documentary Apoloniatzi y la revolución (2006), which was presented at more than 20 festivals around the world, including the 2nd International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF, in Spanish) and the 4th Acapulco International Film Festival (FICA). His short film won four prizes in Mexico for Best Short Documentary: at the 2nd Indigenous Film and Video Festival (FECVI) in Morelia; at the 3rd Kinoki College Film Festival and the 3rd Independent Short Film Festival (FECI), both in Mexico City; and at the Festival Corto y ½, in Aguascalientes. He is currently in post-production for his feature-length documentary Almas. In Yaoyotl Aik Otla, a project which won the “Short Film Production and Post-production” grant given by the Culture Secretariat of Puebla and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico.

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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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