Short Films
New Normal
("La belle normalité ")
One-minute film | Drama
Mexico/France
2021
Canon 700D - 1.85:1 - 1 min
Director: Iván Orizaga
Producer: Huitzilli Films / ENSAV
Some people might experience a radical change of life as the use of masks becomes the norm worldwide.
Awards and festivals:
Official Selection at the 2nd Edition of THESSALONIKI FREE SHORT FESTIVAL 2022
held in the city of Thessaloniki, GREECE from 9th to 11th September 2022
RESIDENT JURY AWARD: "FILMS D'ÉCOLES" at the 2nd Edition of FESTIVAL "DES COURTS EN BAS DES TOURS" 2022
held in the city of Toulouse, FRANCE from 18th to 20th March 2022
Official Selection at the 6th Edition of FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE CON MEDIOS ALTERNATIVOS 2021
held in Mexico City from 7th to 11th December 2021
SPECIAL MENTION at the 19th Edition of DEPICT! SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2021
held in the city of Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM from 18th to 23rd September 2021
CURATORSHIP AWARD, CATEGORY "TO THE POINT" at the 13th Edition of FESTIVAL ENTRETODOS 2021
held in the city of São Paulo, BRASIL from 11th to 25th September 2021
Official Selection at the 10th Edition of FESTIVAL DE CINE COLECTIVO 2021
held in the city of León, Guanajuato (MEXICO) from 12th to 18th April 2021
My Sugar Skull
("Mi calaverita")
Drama | Fantasy
2018
Canon C300 - CINEMA Lenses
Director: Andrea Crespo
Producer: José Antonio Guzmán
A young kid named José wants to buy a sugar skull as a present for his mum. But first, he will have to get enough money in order to afford the one that sells Mr Chuy, the grumpy man who has the best sugar skull in the whole market and who is unwilling to grant any discount for his products.
The Last Shot from the Milky Way
("El disparo final de la Vía Láctea")
Drama | Romance | Experimental
2017
Colour - 3 min - 2.35:1
Director: Marina Camargo
Producer: Rally Cine Inde
Dreams or parallel realities? With great filmic dexterity, the novel director Marina Camargo takes us through two different universes that intersect each other as a man daydreams about a platonic romance.
The Straw Man
("Testaferros")
Action | Film Noir | Crime
2017
Mexico - Colour/BW - 3 min
Director: Emmanuel J.M. Gómez
Producer: Kino MX
Arturo Videla is a straw man at risk of being discovered. To put everything back in order and escape justice, he needs his business partner, Alberto Olvera, to get away from the city for a while. But Alberto has already made a different plan...
Tempo
One-minute film
2017
Mexico - Colour - 1 min
Director: Carlos Olmos
Producer: El plano andante
Unable to fulfil his dream of becoming an orchestral musician, an elderly violinist decides to compose one last melody inspired by his daily environment and perform before a unique audience.
October Glare
("Octubre resplandor ")
Thriller
2016
Canon 700D - 1.85:1 - 7 min
Director: Eric Eduarte Villa
Producer: Dacrima Phoìnix / Kino MX
In this short film commemorating the 1968 massacre of innocent students in Mexico City, a university student is constantly chased by a mysterious man wearing a white glove.
Festivals:
Official Selection at the 2nd Edition of FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DURANGO (FICDU 2018)
organised by the Instituto Municipal del Arte y de la Cultura (IMAC) from 4th to 8th September 2018
Never Mind
("Resignación")
Comedy / Romance
2016
Huitzilli Films / El plano andante
Director: Iván Orizaga
Producer: Carlos Olmos
Heartbreaks mark us all in very different ways. But Aldo has a curious method for dealing with them.
Festivals:
Official Selection at the 8th Edition of MUESTRA COLECTIVA DE CORTOMETRAJE INDEPENDIENTE 2019
organised in the city of San Juan del Río, Querétaro (MEXICO) from 16th to 18th May 2019
Official Selection at the 3rd Edition of MUESTRA PANORÁMICA DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE 2016
organised by the collective Cine Oculto from 7th to 24th July 2016
Official Selection at the 1st Edition of MUESTRA "EL CINE DESDE DIVERSAS TRINCHERAS" 2016
organised by La Casa del Cine MX, the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (UNAM) and La Bipo during March 2016
Official Selection at the 1st Short Film Screenplay Contest SSFFM / FICMEX 2012 (today SHORTS MÉXICO)
in its 7th Edition carried out from 6th to 14th September 2012
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Ometeotl
Experimental
2014
Filmed with iPhone 5s
Director: Carlos Olmos
Producer: El plano andante
Experimental short film produced on the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of Mexico City's Metro System