Image Sánchez Velasco, Javier He studied advertising at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico. He received, among other grants, the Bicentennial of the Independence and Centenary of the Mexican Revolutionary Commission Grant for the Documentary Video Workshop in the Central del Pueblo, Mexico City, during the period 2009-2010, as well as an artist residency in New York from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his documentary short film Vagonero (2010), which won three honorary mentions: at the 6th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, in the category of Daily Life and Social Change; in the 1st International Documentary Film Festival DOCSTOWN, Mexico; and in the 1st Lakino – Latin American Film Festival Berlin, Germany. 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 Sánchez Velasco, Javier He studied advertising at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico. He received, among other grants, the Bicentennial of the Independence and Centenary of the Mexican Revolutionary Commission Grant for the Documentary Video Workshop in the Central del Pueblo, Mexico City, during the period 2009-2010, as well as an artist residency in New York from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). He participated in the 8th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with his documentary short film Vagonero (2010), which won three honorary mentions: at the 6th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” Mexico, in the category of Daily Life and Social Change; in the 1st International Documentary Film Festival DOCSTOWN, Mexico; and in the 1st Lakino – Latin American Film Festival Berlin, Germany.
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
