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Francisco Ohem

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Francisco Ohem is a filmmaker, screenwriter, film editor, and photographer. Throughout his professional career, he has participated in fiction, documentary, and television projects, while also developing his work in production areas. He spent several years working at Canana Films before joining the production company Brujos y Curanderos. He also directed three seasons of the film program Contracampo, broadcast by Foro TV, and has collaborated on different audiovisual projects as editor, assistant director, and post-production supervisor. 
As a filmmaker, he made short films such as Año Conejo (2012) and El inquilino (2021)—the latter having been featured and awarded at festivals across Mexico, North America, and Europe. His first feature-length documentary, Los mariachis perdidos, received support and development opportunities from the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsMX), Ventana Sur, and Mestizolab.  

Other Movies

The Dreamers

Los soñadores
In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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