Image Plá; Rodrigo Direction, Script, Production Rodrigo Plá is a filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He graduated with honors in Film Direction from the Film Training Center [CCC, by its initialism in Spanish, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica] in Mexico City. With a career of more than 25 years in the film industry, his films have earned over 100 national and international awards and recognitions.Among his short fiction films is Novia mía (1995), winner of the Best Short Film Award at the 11th edition of the Mexican Film Showcase in Guadalajara [now the Guadalajara International Film Festival], among other distinctions; The Eye on the Nape (2000) was screened at the 3rd edition of the Morelia International Film Festival and won a Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) for Best Foreign Film in 2001, as well as the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film at the 43rd Ariel Awards of the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences [AMACC, by its acronym in Spanish, Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas], among other honors; and 30-30 (2010), which is part of the collective feature film Revolución (2010), screened at numerous festivals around the world, including the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), and the 8th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival.His debut feature film La Zona [The Zone] (2007) premiered at the 64th Venice International Film Festival in Italy, where it won The Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film, "The circle is not round. Cinema for peace and the richness of diversity" Award, and the Best Latin American Film Award. The Zone was screened at more than fifteen national and international film festivals, including the 5th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, and received over twenty-five awards, such as the International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI) at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival.His feature film Desierto adentro [The Desert Within] (2008) premiered at the 23rd edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, where it won the Mayahuel Awards for Best Mexican Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, the Audience Award, and the Mezcal Award for Best Feature Film granted by the Young Jury. Additionally, The Desert Within was featured in more than fifteen film festivals around the world and won over twenty-five awards, including the Ariel Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Music, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and Best Special Effects at the 51st edition of the Ariel Awards.His feature film La demora [The Delay] (2012) premiered at the 62nd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where it won the Prize of Ecumenical Jury and the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award. Additionally, The Delay was featured in more than fifteen national and international festivals and won over thirty-five awards, including Best Uruguayan Film from the Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Institute in 2012, and the Ariel Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 55th Ariel Awards.His feature films Un monstruo de mil cabezas [A Monster with a Thousand Heads[ (2015) and El otro Tom [The Other Tom] (2021) premiered in the Orizzonti Section at the Venice International Film Festival. His most recent film Los nuevos [The Newcomers] is part of the Official Selection of the 24th Morelia International Film Festival. Other Movies The Dreamers 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 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 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 Related News La presencia mexicana en el Zurich Film Festival 09 · 13 · 16 Mexican Cinema at the 2016 Berlinale 02 · 15 · 16 Awards Ceremony of the 13th FICM 11 · 03 · 15 Un monstruo de mil cabezas by Rodrigo Plá at the 13° FICM 10 · 24 · 15 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Plá; Rodrigo Direction, Script, Production Rodrigo Plá is a filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He graduated with honors in Film Direction from the Film Training Center [CCC, by its initialism in Spanish, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica] in Mexico City. With a career of more than 25 years in the film industry, his films have earned over 100 national and international awards and recognitions.Among his short fiction films is Novia mía (1995), winner of the Best Short Film Award at the 11th edition of the Mexican Film Showcase in Guadalajara [now the Guadalajara International Film Festival], among other distinctions; The Eye on the Nape (2000) was screened at the 3rd edition of the Morelia International Film Festival and won a Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) for Best Foreign Film in 2001, as well as the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film at the 43rd Ariel Awards of the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences [AMACC, by its acronym in Spanish, Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas], among other honors; and 30-30 (2010), which is part of the collective feature film Revolución (2010), screened at numerous festivals around the world, including the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), and the 8th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival.His debut feature film La Zona [The Zone] (2007) premiered at the 64th Venice International Film Festival in Italy, where it won The Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film, "The circle is not round. Cinema for peace and the richness of diversity" Award, and the Best Latin American Film Award. The Zone was screened at more than fifteen national and international film festivals, including the 5th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, and received over twenty-five awards, such as the International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI) at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival.His feature film Desierto adentro [The Desert Within] (2008) premiered at the 23rd edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, where it won the Mayahuel Awards for Best Mexican Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, the Audience Award, and the Mezcal Award for Best Feature Film granted by the Young Jury. Additionally, The Desert Within was featured in more than fifteen film festivals around the world and won over twenty-five awards, including the Ariel Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Music, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and Best Special Effects at the 51st edition of the Ariel Awards.His feature film La demora [The Delay] (2012) premiered at the 62nd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where it won the Prize of Ecumenical Jury and the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award. Additionally, The Delay was featured in more than fifteen national and international festivals and won over thirty-five awards, including Best Uruguayan Film from the Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Institute in 2012, and the Ariel Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 55th Ariel Awards.His feature films Un monstruo de mil cabezas [A Monster with a Thousand Heads[ (2015) and El otro Tom [The Other Tom] (2021) premiered in the Orizzonti Section at the Venice International Film Festival. His most recent film Los nuevos [The Newcomers] is part of the Official Selection of the 24th Morelia International Film Festival.
The Dreamers 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 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 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
La presencia mexicana en el Zurich Film Festival 09 · 13 · 16 Mexican Cinema at the 2016 Berlinale 02 · 15 · 16 Awards Ceremony of the 13th FICM 11 · 03 · 15 Un monstruo de mil cabezas by Rodrigo Plá at the 13° FICM 10 · 24 · 15
