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Sergio Tovar Velarde
Mexican film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergio Tovar Velarde, (born 31 December 1982) is a Mexican film director. He directed the feature film Mi último día (aka Aurora Boreal) which was premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival[1] and was released commercially in theaters in summer of 2009.[2]
He is one of the filmmakers of The Misfits, alongside Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse and Jorge Ramírez Suárez.[3]
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Early life
Tovar was born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. He studied communications at Ibero-American University in Mexico City[4] and film theory at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica.[5] He studied directing with well-known Polish film director Ludwik Margules.[6]
In 2009, became FONCA's scholar. In 2009, 2006 and 2002 was FECAN's academic.[7]
Career
Despite his early efforts for direct amateur short films, his first professional short film was not made until 1999: Carolina. In June, 2002; work besides Roberto Cobo in KCL, Doce y Cuarto and the film premiere became the last tribute for the actor.[8]
Tovar has been directing short films in France, Canada, Cuba and Mexico; being selected and nominated on 70 film festivals.[9] In 2008, his short film Edén became part of the Best of International Award-winning films in Cannes Short Film.[10]
In 2011, Tovar direct The Misfits, a film composed of 4 contributions from different filmmakers. His last film is Four Moons[11]
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Filmography
Feature films
- 2014 - Four Moons (México)
- 2011 - The Misfits (Los inadaptados) (Chat segment) (México)
- 2007 - My Last Day Aka Aurora Boreal (México) [13]
Short films
- 2012 - Papi Florida (Cuba)
- 2011 - Jet Lag (Mexico)
- 2011 - Infinito (Mexico)
- 2010 - La femme qui pleure (Canada)
- 2008 - L'esprit hanté (Canada)
- 2007 - Edén (Mexico) [14][15][16]
- 2006 - El joven Telarañas (Mexico)
- 2006 - El gusano (Mexico)
- 2005 - La voz de las cigarras (Mexico) [17][18]
- 2003 - KCL, doce y cuarto (Mexico)
- 2001 - La danza de las salamandras (Mexico)
- 2000 - Carolina (Mexico)
Awards
- Biarritz International Festival of Latin America Cinema
- Cancún International Film Festival
- Habana International Film Festival
- Huelva Latin American Film Festival
- Kinoki Film Festival
- Mexican Cinema Journalists
- New York Short Film Festival
- Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival
- Short Shorts Film Festival México
- Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
- WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
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