Image Pardo, Elena She studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, and specialized in contemporary art at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (UABJO) and at the La Curtiduría Contemporary Space for the Arts, Oaxaca. She received a scholarship from the Alfredo Harp Helú (FAHH) Foundation, Oaxaca, to attend the Clinics for Specialization in Contemporary Art in Oaxaca (CEACO). She also received a grant in 2013 for her project “Vistas oaxaqueñas” from the Program for the Artistic and Cultural Enrichment of Citizen Initiatives of the Secretary of Culture and the Arts of Oaxaca (SECULTA) and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico. She has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 2nd FICM, she competed with her documentary feature El rey de los coleaderos (2004), co-directed with Héctor Hernández Gutiérrez, for which she won a grant from the Promotion Program and Cultural Co-Investments of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, and the Emerging Directors Award at the 12th San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), California. She won First Prize in the 3rd Experimental Video Competition, Baja California, Mexico, for her animated short film Juquilita (2004), which is part of the compilation of experimental cinema “Cine a contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España”, conducted by the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB). She participated with her documentary short film Mi barrio (2009) in the 7th FICM, in the section “Cinema Without Borders,” and the 2nd Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico. This piece is part of filmmaker Jesse Lerner’s curatorial project, “Cine Povera”, (READY) MEDIA: Hacia una Arqueología de los Medios y la Invención en México, of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), Mexico City. Other Movies Mexico will no longer exist! 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.” See More 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. See More 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. See More Related News A Closer Look at Mexican Experimental Cinema 04 · 28 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Pardo, Elena She studied communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA), Mexico City, and specialized in contemporary art at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (UABJO) and at the La Curtiduría Contemporary Space for the Arts, Oaxaca. She received a scholarship from the Alfredo Harp Helú (FAHH) Foundation, Oaxaca, to attend the Clinics for Specialization in Contemporary Art in Oaxaca (CEACO). She also received a grant in 2013 for her project “Vistas oaxaqueñas” from the Program for the Artistic and Cultural Enrichment of Citizen Initiatives of the Secretary of Culture and the Arts of Oaxaca (SECULTA) and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), Mexico. She has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 2nd FICM, she competed with her documentary feature El rey de los coleaderos (2004), co-directed with Héctor Hernández Gutiérrez, for which she won a grant from the Promotion Program and Cultural Co-Investments of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, and the Emerging Directors Award at the 12th San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), California. She won First Prize in the 3rd Experimental Video Competition, Baja California, Mexico, for her animated short film Juquilita (2004), which is part of the compilation of experimental cinema “Cine a contracorriente: Latinoamérica y España”, conducted by the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB). She participated with her documentary short film Mi barrio (2009) in the 7th FICM, in the section “Cinema Without Borders,” and the 2nd Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico. This piece is part of filmmaker Jesse Lerner’s curatorial project, “Cine Povera”, (READY) MEDIA: Hacia una Arqueología de los Medios y la Invención en México, of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), Mexico City.
Mexico will no longer exist! 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.” See More
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. See More
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. See More
