Cinema
2021
El pasado está presente
The documentary is based on the testimony of Blanca Sánchez, a Mexican woman who meets her father at the age of 15. Her father, Alberto Sánchez Mascuñán, a Spanish publisher who was sentenced to death in Franco's Spain, lived in a prison in Burgos, Spain for 16 years.
Dir. Andrea Álvarez Sánchez
2008
Lupo y la araña
Lupo, a unique character, goes to a psychologist for some spider problems in his head... and despite the help he gets, he keeps tripping over the same stone... Unfinished business? Invisible loyalties? Secondary gains?...
What will it be? We'll find out more about his reasons in the next episode... Don't miss it!
Dir. Daniel Domínguez Michael
Milagros Concedidos
Milagros Concedidos (Trailer)
SYNOPSIS
Miracles Granted is a documentary feature film about the tradition of ex-votos in Mexico.
The ex-votos are small paintings on metal that are requested to thank miraculous events.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Genre: Documentary. Year of production: 2004-2005. Duration: 56 minutes. Shooting Format: 16mm, Super 8mm, Dvcam. Cast: Alfredo Vilchis, Jose Lopez, Gustavo Jimenez, David Silveti, Edid Youngbrok, Javier Sanchez. Screenplay, Direction and Production: Andrea Alvarez and Luciana Kaplan. DOP: Emiliano Villanueva, Everardo Gonzalez. Music: Steven Brown and Nikolas Klau. Associate Producer: FONCA Termination: Betacam SP, DVCAM. Production Company: De Milagro Films. Contacto: Andrea Álvarez y Luciana Kaplan. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441376/
Réquiem por el Rey David
SYNOPSIS
Through interviews and close testimonies, the filmmaker Andrea Álvarez tries to reconfigure the complex personality of the emblematic Mexican bullfighter, who committed suicide.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Documentary. Year of production: 2005. Duration: 56 minutes. Shooting format: DVCAM. Cast: David Silveti Barry. Script, Direction and Production: Andrea Álvarez. PDO: Carlos Rodrigo Montes de Oca, Everardo González. Music: Alfredo Guadarrama. Associate Producer: Channel 11. Termination: Betacam SP, DVCAM. Production Company: Frame by Frame Film&Media. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484229/
Modern Rhapsody
Modern Rhapsody (Trailer)
SINOPSIS
Shot in Merida, Mexico, it is a film with music and dance about a choreographer who falls in love with an American woman despite his commitment to celibacy and solitude.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Drama. Year of production: 1997. Running Time: 110 minutes. Format: 35 mm. Starring: Ricardo Dalmacci, Karen Black, Edward Laurence Albert, Robin O'Dell, Steven Brown. Co-Director and Producer: Elly Friedman. Co-Director: Andrea Alvarez DOP: Mario Garcia Joya. Music Composer: James Fairs. Production Designer: Jean Renoux. Choreographer: Jorge Faz. Associate Producer: Ruben Galindo Aquilar. State of Completion: 35mm Answer Print. Production Company: Rainbow Films, Contact Name: Tom Garrett. Contact Phone: 941.349.9493. Address: 3520 Bayou Louise, Sarasota, Florida 28711, USA. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252724/
The City
The City (Trailer)
SYNOPSIS
Short film based on the poem The City by the Greek poet Constantine Cavafis. A man leaves the city where he lives to escape from his problems, but in reality he can´t escape, because the problems are inside him.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Drama short film. Year of production: 1999. Duration: 8 minutes. Shooting format: Super 8 mm, Digital Betacam. Cast: Steven Brown, Timo Shultzbatman. Script, Direction and Production: Andrea Álvarez. PDO: Elio Gelmini. Music: Steven Brown. Associate Producer: Ora et Labora Productions. Termination: Betacam SP, DVCAM. Production Company: Frame by Frame Film&Media.
Bendita sea el agua
SYNOPSIS
Four undocumented Mexicans cross the border into the United States walking through the desert and run out of water.
Only one of them survives thanks to the faith he has in the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Drama short film. Year of production: 2006. Duration: 7 minutes. Shooting format: DVCAM Cast: Daniel García Durán, Nemesio Rojas, Francisco, Vicente, Francis Reyes. Script, Direction and Production: Andrea Álvarez. PDO: Andrea Alvarez, Gerardo Garza. Music: . Associate Producer: Rafael Perez “Rabbit”. Termination: DVCAM. Production Company: Frame by Frame Film&Media (Now Libera Desarrollo Humano AC).
Futuro Sangriento
SYNOPSIS
Two childhood friends meet again as adults and lead to an unexpected outcome.
Daniel Domínguez Michael's first feature film mixes the world of filmmakers with the police world of Mexico City in the nineties.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Fiction. Year of production: 1990. Duration: 90 minutes. Shooting format: Dvcam. Cast: Luis Felipe Tovar, Gabriel Retes, Lourdes Elizarraras, Monica Salcido, Jaime Casillas. Script, Direction and Production: Daniel Domínguez Michael. PDO: Daniel Domínguez, Ignacio Elizarras, Gabriel Retes, Samuel Larson. Music: Pablo Fernandez. DVCAM.
El Gallo Barbón
Milagros Concedidos (Trailer)
SYNOPSIS
This animation is based on an original story made by Alberto Sánchez Mascuñán, from the Francoist prison in Burgos, Spain, where he spent 16 years.
It is part of a series of stories written for his little daughter,
which he sent to Mexico, where she lived.
In "El Gallo Barbón" Sánchez Mascuñán recounts his own trial,
where he was saved from the death sentence to which he was sentenced.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Short film drama Animation. Year of production: 2011. Duration: minutes. Format: DV Script, Direction and Production: Andrea Álvarez and Daniel Domínguez. Music: . Production Company: Libera Desarrollo Humano AC.
Emociones
SYNOPSIS
Animation of faces expressing different emotions.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Animation. Year of production: 2014. Duration: 5 minutes. Format: DV Script, Direction and Production: Daniel Domínguez and Andrea Álvarez. Music: . Production Company: Libera Desarrollo Humano AC.
Emociones ¿Cómo te sientes hoy?
Lupo va a terapia
SYNOPSIS
Lupo, a unique character, goes to the psychologist for some spider problems in his head... and despite the help he gets, he keeps tripping over the same stone... Unfinished business? Invisible loyalties? Secondary gains?...
What will it be? We'll find out more about his reasons in the next episode... Don't miss it!
DATA SHEET
Genre: Animation. Year of production: 2014. Duration: 5 minutes. Format: DV Script, Direction and Production: Daniel Domínguez and Andrea Álvarez. Music: . Production Company: Libera Desarrollo Humano AC.