Image Mercado, Érika She studied communication at the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP) and received a master’s degree in audiovisual production from the National Audiovisual Institute INA SUP, Bry-sur-Marne, France. She received, among other scholarships, the Young Creators Grant in the video category in 2006 and the Foreign Studies Grant 2008-2010, both from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. As co-director with Alejandro Jiménez Ramos and Mario Trueba, she won the Best Short Documentary for Bendita muerte (2003) at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in addition to the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Festival Aquí y en Corto, Puebla, and the Audience Award at the 4th Festival of Latin American Documentary and Photography in Spain. She won the Short Film Production and Post-production Grant from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the Puebla State Council for Culture and the Arts (CECAP) for her short documentary La visión de Casimira (2014). She is the producer of the feature film La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela D. Ruvacalba, selected for the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). 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 The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Mercado, Érika She studied communication at the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP) and received a master’s degree in audiovisual production from the National Audiovisual Institute INA SUP, Bry-sur-Marne, France. She received, among other scholarships, the Young Creators Grant in the video category in 2006 and the Foreign Studies Grant 2008-2010, both from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico. As co-director with Alejandro Jiménez Ramos and Mario Trueba, she won the Best Short Documentary for Bendita muerte (2003) at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in addition to the Best Documentary Award at the 1st Festival Aquí y en Corto, Puebla, and the Audience Award at the 4th Festival of Latin American Documentary and Photography in Spain. She won the Short Film Production and Post-production Grant from the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the Puebla State Council for Culture and the Arts (CECAP) for her short documentary La visión de Casimira (2014). She is the producer of the feature film La danza del hipocampo (2014) by Gabriela D. Ruvacalba, selected for the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).
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
The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL: Herzog and the existence of the extraordinary 09 · 17 · 26 Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26 RIO, ZONA NORTE: reasons to smile 09 · 09 · 26
Tippett Studio and Paul Verhoeven: the end of an era between eroticism and science fiction 09 · 17 · 26
