Image Tinajero Ponce, Salvador He studied visual arts at the Image and Sound Department (DIS, in Spanish) at the University of Guadalajara (U. de G.), Mexico. He also studied filmmaking at the Film School of Uruguay (ECU, in Spanish) and the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television (HFF in German) in Potsdam, Germany. He won the Best Work from the Michoacan Section award at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for his short fiction film Epilepsia (2012), which was also presented at the 10th Celebrate Mexico Now, New York City’s annual festival of contemporary Mexican art, culture and ideas; the 4th Berlin Independent Film Festival (BIFF); and the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish). He participated with his feature-length documentary project La silla vacía (2014) in the DocuLab.3 at the 27th FICG. He is currently working in the pre-production stage of his first feature Negro. 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 FICM at Celebrate Mexico Now in New York 09 · 19 · 13 Ciclo de ganadores del 10º FICM en Jiquilpan, Michoacán 08 · 13 · 13 Ganadores del FICM en la Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, en Mérida 07 · 11 · 13 Ciclo de películas ganadoras del FICM en la Cineteca de Nuevo León 05 · 13 · 13 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Tinajero Ponce, Salvador He studied visual arts at the Image and Sound Department (DIS, in Spanish) at the University of Guadalajara (U. de G.), Mexico. He also studied filmmaking at the Film School of Uruguay (ECU, in Spanish) and the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television (HFF in German) in Potsdam, Germany. He won the Best Work from the Michoacan Section award at the 10th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) for his short fiction film Epilepsia (2012), which was also presented at the 10th Celebrate Mexico Now, New York City’s annual festival of contemporary Mexican art, culture and ideas; the 4th Berlin Independent Film Festival (BIFF); and the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG, in Spanish). He participated with his feature-length documentary project La silla vacía (2014) in the DocuLab.3 at the 27th FICG. He is currently working in the pre-production stage of his first feature Negro.
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
FICM at Celebrate Mexico Now in New York 09 · 19 · 13 Ciclo de ganadores del 10º FICM en Jiquilpan, Michoacán 08 · 13 · 13 Ganadores del FICM en la Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, en Mérida 07 · 11 · 13 Ciclo de películas ganadoras del FICM en la Cineteca de Nuevo León 05 · 13 · 13
