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Sistos Moreno, Jorge

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He is a writer/director from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. He is a proud former student of the prestigious MFA in Film Production at New York University (NYU). He is also a graduate in Philosophy from UMICH, he has been a fellow of Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, and of Fomento Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, as well as prestigious film funds, including the Film Production Award from cult director Spike Lee, for his short film IN FREEDOM.

Currently, he is developing his first feature film entitled La Ausencia, which was accepted in the NEXT STEP 2022 Critics' Week workshop. His work focuses around the mysticism of the Mexican province, magical realism and the horror genre. His films have been screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, Morelia, Olhar de Cinema y Fantasia. Recently, he was featured in Filmmaker Magazine's renowned annual publication 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2022 and this year he is one of the Mexicans accepted into Berlinale Talents 2023 and its script station.

Other Movies

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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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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