Image Rivero Gutiérrez; María Fernanda She studied her B.A. in Communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA) in Mexico City, and a Masters in Cinematographic Projects in the ECAM School in Madrid, Spain. She has worked in diverse projects in film, including production and direction. She is the founder of the Todo por el Cine Foundation, association behind the Festival Internacional Cine en el Campo (FICC) and the production company Cornea Films. Her work has traveled to more than 20 festivals around the world. Her short film La savia vida (Kalan) (2005), part of the Official Selection of the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), won the Award for Best Short Film at the International Film Festival of the Third Millennium, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mientras tú no estás (2006) won the Award for Best Short Film at the International Festival of Film, Culture and Life, Mexico. In 2008, her short film Matilda was part of the Official Selection of the 6th FICM. In 2010, her short film El camino a donde voy was nominated for the 52nd Ariel Awards and it won Second Place at the Indigenous Film and Video Festival in Morelia, Mexico; that same year La aventura de Monocho won the Award for Best Short Film at the Environmental Film Conference in Cancún, Mexico. In 2014 her documentary feature film debut Never give up was selected in various festivals, including the Random Film Festival in Estonia. In 2015 she presented Las aventuras de Itzel y Sonia: En busca de los guardianes del agua, winner of the Cuenca Award for Best Film made in the Cuenca de Balsas, in the festival Cinema Planeta. 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 54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Rivero Gutiérrez; María Fernanda She studied her B.A. in Communication at the Iberoamerican University (UIA) in Mexico City, and a Masters in Cinematographic Projects in the ECAM School in Madrid, Spain. She has worked in diverse projects in film, including production and direction. She is the founder of the Todo por el Cine Foundation, association behind the Festival Internacional Cine en el Campo (FICC) and the production company Cornea Films. Her work has traveled to more than 20 festivals around the world. Her short film La savia vida (Kalan) (2005), part of the Official Selection of the 3rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), won the Award for Best Short Film at the International Film Festival of the Third Millennium, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mientras tú no estás (2006) won the Award for Best Short Film at the International Festival of Film, Culture and Life, Mexico. In 2008, her short film Matilda was part of the Official Selection of the 6th FICM. In 2010, her short film El camino a donde voy was nominated for the 52nd Ariel Awards and it won Second Place at the Indigenous Film and Video Festival in Morelia, Mexico; that same year La aventura de Monocho won the Award for Best Short Film at the Environmental Film Conference in Cancún, Mexico. In 2014 her documentary feature film debut Never give up was selected in various festivals, including the Random Film Festival in Estonia. In 2015 she presented Las aventuras de Itzel y Sonia: En busca de los guardianes del agua, winner of the Cuenca Award for Best Film made in the Cuenca de Balsas, in the festival Cinema Planeta.
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
54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
