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Jacinto Velasco

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Jacinto Velasco is a filmmaker and visual artist, graduated from the Department of Image and Sound at the University of Guadalajara [UDG, by its initialism in Spanish, Universidad de Guadalajara]. His work unfolds between film and visual arts, with an authorial approach rooted in rural experiences and portrayals of his family background.
As a film director, screenwriter, and editor, he made Radiestesia [Radiesthesia], a short fiction film produced as a student project and thesis, which received the Grodman UDG Grant. The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Guadalajara International Film Festival, within the Made in Jalisco section. Later, the project was featured in festivals such as the LALIFF (Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival) and the Huesca International Film Festival. In addition to this, the film became part of the Official Selection of the 24th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival. 

Other Movies

The Dreamers

Los soñadores
In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More

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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