Image Torres Torres, Jesús He studied communication at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He won, among other scholarships and grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2000, and received the support of the 10th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) in 2010. He was the winner of the 6th Alejandro Galindo Screenwriting Improvement Workshop and was part of the Projects in Development Nuevas Miradas at the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. He has participated with his work in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 6th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film En la luz del sol brillante (2008), that was also presented at the 20th International Short Film Festival, Brazil; at the 13th Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival, New Zealand; and the 24th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TGLFF), Italy, among others. At the 9th FICM, he participated with his short fiction film Vendaval (2011) that was also presented at the 54th Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain, and the 16th Film Festival of Lima, Peru. 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 Torres Torres, Jesús He studied communication at the Center for Communication Studies (CECC, in Spanish) in Mexico City. He won, among other scholarships and grants, the Young Creators Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in 2000, and received the support of the 10th National Competition for Short Film Projects launched by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) in 2010. He was the winner of the 6th Alejandro Galindo Screenwriting Improvement Workshop and was part of the Projects in Development Nuevas Miradas at the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. He has participated with his work in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 6th FICM, he competed with his short fiction film En la luz del sol brillante (2008), that was also presented at the 20th International Short Film Festival, Brazil; at the 13th Out Takes: A Reel Queer Film Festival, New Zealand; and the 24th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TGLFF), Italy, among others. At the 9th FICM, he participated with his short fiction film Vendaval (2011) that was also presented at the 54th Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain, and the 16th Film Festival of Lima, Peru.
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
