Image Terrazas, Kyzza He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and he received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from Columbia University, in New York. He has participated five times at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM his short fiction film Matapájaros (2005) was in competition. In the 9th FICM he competed with his first feature film El lenguaje de los machetes (2011); which participated in more than 10 festivals around the world and which won the Jury Award at the 52nd Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), in Colombia, and the New Horizons Award at the 12th Whistler Film Festival, Canada, among other prizes. He was also the executive producer of the films No quiero dormir sola (2012) by Natalia Beristain, part of the Official Selection of the 10th FICM, and of Cochochi (2007) by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, part of the Official Selection of the 5th FICM. His documentary feature film Somos lengua / Speaking Tongues (2016), part of the Offical Selection of the 14th FICM, won the Warrior Award of the Press and the Young Jury Award at the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM) and the Audience Award at the Durango New Mexican Film Festival. 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 XV years, 15 editions: from the short film to the first feature 08 · 25 · 22 Cinco producciones mexicanas triunfaron en el 22° Festival de Málaga 03 · 25 · 19 Kyzza Terrazas presented Bayoneta at the 16th FICM 10 · 25 · 18 Ana y Bruno, de Carlos Carrera, inaugurará MICA 2018 04 · 30 · 18 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Terrazas, Kyzza He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and he received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from Columbia University, in New York. He has participated five times at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 3rd FICM his short fiction film Matapájaros (2005) was in competition. In the 9th FICM he competed with his first feature film El lenguaje de los machetes (2011); which participated in more than 10 festivals around the world and which won the Jury Award at the 52nd Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI), in Colombia, and the New Horizons Award at the 12th Whistler Film Festival, Canada, among other prizes. He was also the executive producer of the films No quiero dormir sola (2012) by Natalia Beristain, part of the Official Selection of the 10th FICM, and of Cochochi (2007) by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, part of the Official Selection of the 5th FICM. His documentary feature film Somos lengua / Speaking Tongues (2016), part of the Offical Selection of the 14th FICM, won the Warrior Award of the Press and the Young Jury Award at the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM) and the Audience Award at the Durango New Mexican Film Festival.
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
XV years, 15 editions: from the short film to the first feature 08 · 25 · 22 Cinco producciones mexicanas triunfaron en el 22° Festival de Málaga 03 · 25 · 19 Kyzza Terrazas presented Bayoneta at the 16th FICM 10 · 25 · 18 Ana y Bruno, de Carlos Carrera, inaugurará MICA 2018 04 · 30 · 18
