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Directing

Mexico City, México

Mexican filmmaker trained in Directing at CUEC (now ENAC), specialized in documentary cinema. She has been nominated eight times for the Ariel Award, receiving it in 2005 for her short film Soy. Her debut feature Mi vida dentro and her second feature Batallas íntimas earned national and international awards, the latter having a strong impact on the discussion of domestic violence both in Mexico and abroad. She is currently working on the post-production of Vidas en la orilla. She has served on project selection committees (FOPROCINE, National System of Art Creators), been a jury member at film festivals, and received fellowships from several programs, including FONCA. She is a member of AMACC and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the United States. In addition, she combines her creative work with teaching at CCC and ENAC. In 2012, she received the National University Award for Young Academics in the area of Creation and Extension of Culture.