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Vigas; Lorenzo

He studied biology at the University of Tampa, Florida, and took a workshop in advanced cinema at New York University (NYU), United States. With his short fiction film Los elefantes nunca olvidan (2004), he participated in the 43rd Critics’ Week, Cannes, France; the 27th Clermont-Ferrance International Short Film Festival, France; and the New Directors/New Films 2005 at Lincoln Center and the MoMa, New York, among others. For this film he won the Special Mariposa Monarca Jury Award at the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM); the award for Best Mexican Short Film at the 8th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF); the Best Short Fiction Film prize at the 15th Río de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Curta Cinema, Brazil; and the Casa de América Award at the 32nd International Film Festival of Huesca, Spain, among others. His feature Desde allá (2015) won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and will premiere in Mexico at the 13th FICM.

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Naza

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

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

Zumbido
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

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