Draft:Fernanda Valadez

Fernanda Valadez is a Mexican director and producer, born in Guanajuato, Mexico, 1981. Graduate of Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC).

Biography

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Fernanda Valadez was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1981. She is a Graduate of Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) and is a director and producer.

Filmography

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Valadez's first short film De este mundo was considered the best Mexican short film of the year by the Mexican Chamber of Film Industry in 2010.

Her first feature, Sin señas particulares (Identifying Features), was written with the grant Young Artists of the Mexican Fund for the Arts (FONCA). It received funds from FOPROCINE (Mexican Fund for the Production of Quality Cinema) and recently post production funds from EFICINE)

As a producer :

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  • 2020 Identifying Features (producer)
  • 2017 The Darkest Days of Us (executive producer) / (producer)
  • 2015 Plástico (producer)
  • 2014 400 Maletas (Short) (producer)
  • 2011 En Aguas Quietas (Short) (producer)
  • 2011 Un Río (Short) (producer)
  • 2010 De este mundo

As a director :

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As a writer :

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As Second Unit Director or Assistant Director :

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  • 2017 The Darkest Days of Us (second unit director)
  • 2010 Últimos pasajeros

As an editor:

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Awards

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  • “400 bags” was selected for the Editing Studio of the Berlinale Talents and received different awards around the world. It was also nominated as Best Short by the Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts (Ariel) in 2015 and was a finalist of the Student Academy Awards in that same year.
  1. received the work in progress award of the San Sebastián Film Festival
  2. Sundance Film Festival – Winner of Audience Award & Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay
  3. Mooov Film Festival – Youth Award
  4. PyeongChang International Peace Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize
  5. San Sebastian Film Festival – Horizontes Latinos Award, Spanish Cooperation Award
  6. Zurich Film Festival – Golden Eye Award for Best Film
  7. Morelia – Audience award, Best Actress Award & Best Film
  8. Thessaloniki – Golden Alexander for Best Film,
  9. Stockholm – Best Debut and Best Director Award
  10. Torino – Special Jury Prize & Best Actress Award
  11. Films From The South Norway – New Voices Award
  12. Laceno d’Oro Italy – Audience Award
  13. Gotham award for best international film

References

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  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2020-01-31). "'Identifying Features': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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