Chehaibar, Miguel

He studied communication at the Intercontinental University (UIC, in Spanish) in Mexico City and criminology at the Colegio Libre de Estudios Universitarios (CLEU) in Puebla. In Mexico City, he took courses in visual arts at the UIC, mixed techniques at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM, in spanish), object art at the Carrillo Gil Museum and techniques of animation at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His short film Todos te queremos (2008) won third place at the 2nd International Short Film Competition Raise Your Voice Against Domestic Violence at the 11th Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF). He co-directed, along with Norma Macías Dávalos, the short animated film El hambre de Caribdis (2008), which participated in the 7th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), among other festivals, and received the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 3rd Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (SSFFM) and the Best Short Film at the 3rd Festival Internacional de Cortos Proyección Corta in Mexico City. He is currently in the production stage of his first feature Sol en el Nadir.