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Michel Grau, Jorge

He studied communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), filmmaking at the CCC film school in Mexico City, and film directing at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC). He received a scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2004, formed part of the Workshop for Young Producers Morelia Lab at the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and participated in Guadalajara Talents 2008. He has presented his works at five editions of FICM: Mi hermano (2005) at the 3rd FICM; Ya ni Pedro Pablo (2003) and Kalimán (2006) at the 4th FICM; 72 (2011) and Chalán (2012) at the 10th FICM; and his first feature Somos lo que hay (2010) at the 8th and the 11th FICM. Somos lo que hay was also presented at the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Festival and it was exhibited at more than 60 festivals around the world; it received the Jury Grand Prize at the 18th Gerardmer International Fantasy Film Festival, France; the Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF); Best First Film at the 13th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); and the Séquences prize for Best International Feature at the 14th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, among other awards.

 

Other Movies

Mexico will no longer exist!

¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más!

A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.”

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Ziuta travesías

Ziuta travesías

Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life.

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Zinzindurrunkarratz

Zinzindurrunkarratz

Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way.

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