FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR:
IT COMES FROM ABOVEHungary, 2022. 15 min
Zoltán Péter lives underground in an abandoned bunker beneath a former Soviet industrial zone. When he isn’t working at the factory above his bedroom, he spends his nights drunk, laughing and crying over his sorrows while composing music on a digital piano. It Comes From Above is a musical documentary about a working man and his creativity resisting the big structures that oppress him.
Screenings:
Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. Canada, 2022.
Screening Now! "@The Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. Watch for free
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Ir y Volver (To Go Away and Come Back)Mexico, Belgium, Hungary, 2021. 13 min.
While a mother is in intensive care with little hope of survival, her son is on another continent without the possibility of seeing her. Combining subconscious memories of his mother in induced coma with images of his constant house moves all the while, the director composes an essay-letter on death, family and distance.
Screenings:
Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival. France, 2022.
Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, France. 2023.
Borders | No Borders Jury prize - Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara. Mexico, 2022.
Special Mention - Black Canvas Film Festival. Mexico, 2022.
Friss Hus Film Festival. Hungary, 2022.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato. Mexico, 2022.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Cabos. Mexico, 2022.
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Off The RoadMexico, 2020. 78 min.
A group of young musicians sing the deeds of three men who live in the most isolated region of the Baja California Sur desert. As the “Baja 1000”, the world's largest annual all-terrain car race, takes place crossing the Mexican-US border, these men look for an opportunity to be a part of it and escape the apparent monotony of their small communities.
Screenings:
Visions du Réel, Switzerland (17 April – 2 May, 2020)
International Feature Film Competition Won: Signis Jury AwardHot Springs Documentary Film Festival, United States (9 – 17 October, 2020)
Official SelectionDOC NYC, United States (11 – 19 November, 2020)
Official SelectionLos Cabos International Film Festival, Mexico (11 – 19 November, 2020)
CompetitionGuadalajara International Film Festival in LA, United States (10 – 12 December, 2020)
Black Movie Festival, Switzerland (22 – 31 January, 2020)
Official SelectionAtlanta Film Festival, United States (22 April – 2 May, 2021)
Official Selection Won: Best CinematographyOak Cliff Film Festival, United States (24 – 27 June. 2021)
Won: Best Documentary
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Aurelia and PedroMexico, 2016. 15 min
Fog rolls roll across the green highlands of the Wixáritari in Western Mexico. Young Pedro lives here with his mother Aurelia, isolated from the rest of the world. Pedro leads the goats out to graze and explores his surroundings playfully, while Aurelia weaves fine cloth, gathers firewood and prepares food. A documentary portrait of the symbiotic relationship between a small Indigenous family and their remote homeland.
Screenings:
Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival 2016, Won: Special Mention of the International Generation K Plus Jury
Won the”Ariel"award for Best Mexican Documentary Short, Mexican Academy of Cinema Arts.
Nominated for Student Oscar's Academy Awards 2017
FICM Morelia Internartional Film Festival, Mexico, 2016. Won: Special Mention
FICG Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, 2016
FICCI Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Mexico, 2016
Festival de Cinema Latinoamericano de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2016, Won: Best Student Short Film
Festival de Cine Arica Nativa, Chile, 2016. Won: Best Short Film.
Shorts México. 2016, Won: Best Short Film.
