Image Lubezki, Alejandro He studied Hispanic language and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He took screenwriting workshops given by Syd Field, Linda Seger and the Screenwriters Lab in Guadalajara and Oaxaca. He participated in the 1st Berlinale Talents, Germany; the 10th Film Project Analysis Workshop in Colón, Argentina; and the Buenos Aires Lab at the 6th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), Argentina. He has been a jury member at several film festivals and competitions, including the 7th National Competition for Short Film Projects (2007) and the 6th Competition for Short Film Post Production grants (2012), both launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), in addition to participating in the EFICINE (2013) and FOPROCINE (2014) evaluation committees. He has been a member of the Organizing Committee of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) since its foundation in 2003. As a writer, he has participated in documentaries, advertising campaigns and television series and has written the screenplays for three features and three short films for several directors. He has written and directed 10 short films and one feature-length documentary, and has also directed the second part of the television series Bienes Raíces (2010), Once TV Mexico. He has shown his work out of competition at five editions of FICM. At the 1st FICM, he presented his short fiction film, De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos (2002), co-directed with Salvador Aguirre, which won the Best Short Film Award at the 41st Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, France, among other awards. At the 4th and 6th FICM, he presented his short fiction film Nadie regresa por tercera vez (2003), which received a Jury Special Mention at the 31st International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain, and was shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2005. His short fiction film Lección relámpago (2007) participated in the 5th FICM and won the Best Mexican Short Film award at the 4th Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey, in Spanish). At the 10th FICM, he presented his first feature-length documentary El ingeniero (2012), which received the Best Documentary Film Award at the 1st Mexican Film Festival of the Americas (MFFA), Chicago, and the Best Editing and Best Production Value awards at the 15th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. The documentary was shown during the activities of Mexico Week, organized by the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in 2013. 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 XV años, 15 ediciones: entrevista a Alejandro Lubezki 10 · 05 · 17 Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16 El ingeniero se muestra en el Senado de la República 05 · 04 · 15 12th FICM Photogallery: October 22 10 · 22 · 14 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Lubezki, Alejandro He studied Hispanic language and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He took screenwriting workshops given by Syd Field, Linda Seger and the Screenwriters Lab in Guadalajara and Oaxaca. He participated in the 1st Berlinale Talents, Germany; the 10th Film Project Analysis Workshop in Colón, Argentina; and the Buenos Aires Lab at the 6th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), Argentina. He has been a jury member at several film festivals and competitions, including the 7th National Competition for Short Film Projects (2007) and the 6th Competition for Short Film Post Production grants (2012), both launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), in addition to participating in the EFICINE (2013) and FOPROCINE (2014) evaluation committees. He has been a member of the Organizing Committee of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) since its foundation in 2003. As a writer, he has participated in documentaries, advertising campaigns and television series and has written the screenplays for three features and three short films for several directors. He has written and directed 10 short films and one feature-length documentary, and has also directed the second part of the television series Bienes Raíces (2010), Once TV Mexico. He has shown his work out of competition at five editions of FICM. At the 1st FICM, he presented his short fiction film, De Mesmer, con amor o Té para dos (2002), co-directed with Salvador Aguirre, which won the Best Short Film Award at the 41st Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, France, among other awards. At the 4th and 6th FICM, he presented his short fiction film Nadie regresa por tercera vez (2003), which received a Jury Special Mention at the 31st International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain, and was shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2005. His short fiction film Lección relámpago (2007) participated in the 5th FICM and won the Best Mexican Short Film award at the 4th Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey, in Spanish). At the 10th FICM, he presented his first feature-length documentary El ingeniero (2012), which received the Best Documentary Film Award at the 1st Mexican Film Festival of the Americas (MFFA), Chicago, and the Best Editing and Best Production Value awards at the 15th Crystal Screen Festival, Mexico City. The documentary was shown during the activities of Mexico Week, organized by the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in 2013.
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
XV años, 15 ediciones: entrevista a Alejandro Lubezki 10 · 05 · 17 Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16 El ingeniero se muestra en el Senado de la República 05 · 04 · 15 12th FICM Photogallery: October 22 10 · 22 · 14
Cortometraje: De Mesmer, con amor o té para dos, de Salvador Aguirre y Alejandro Lubezki 08 · 11 · 16
