Image Merino, Martha Cristiana She took a course in art history at the Instituto de Cultura Superior in Mexico City and a writers’ workshop with Mexican writer Ana Terán. She took various classes in theater and film, including a class with Lola Cohen at The Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute, Santa Monica, and another in documentary development research with Thom Powers, the programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), at New York University (NYU). She received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 4th Corona Fasnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, for Alterego y la máscara del miedo (2011), which also participated in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 8th International Short Film Festival FENACO, Peru, and the 8th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), among others. She is currently seeking funds for her first feature film project La alacrana and is writing the screenplay for her documentary A Kidnap: The Other Side of the Coin. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Merino, Martha Cristiana She took a course in art history at the Instituto de Cultura Superior in Mexico City and a writers’ workshop with Mexican writer Ana Terán. She took various classes in theater and film, including a class with Lola Cohen at The Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute, Santa Monica, and another in documentary development research with Thom Powers, the programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), at New York University (NYU). She received the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the 4th Corona Fasnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, for Alterego y la máscara del miedo (2011), which also participated in the 9th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the 8th International Short Film Festival FENACO, Peru, and the 8th Monterrey International Film Festival (FIC Monterrey), among others. She is currently seeking funds for her first feature film project La alacrana and is writing the screenplay for her documentary A Kidnap: The Other Side of the Coin.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
