Ernesto Contreras

Born in Veracruz Mexico in 1969 he is a graduate from the Center for Studies in Communication Sciences and later from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies CUEC of the National Autonomous University of Mexico In 2007 his first feature Blue Eyelids is nominated to the Caméra dOr of the 60th Cannes Film Festival as part of the official selection of the International Critics Week The film participates in many festivals and receives among others the award for Best IberoAmerican Film Best Screenplay and the Mezcal Award in the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival the Ariel for Best First Feature and the Special Jury Award at Sundance and Miami both in 2008 His feature documentary Being Café Tacvba premiers in 2010 a film on the 20th anniversary of Mexicos most important rock band And in 2015 his third film hits the theaters The Obscure Spring winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance awarded to the main cast at the 32nd Miami International Film Festival It also won three Ariel awards editing music and sound and was nominated in seven other categories by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences In 2016 he directed the episode Eroticism starring Irène Jacob part of the feature film Tales of Mexico produced by Machete Producciones His latest film I Dream in Another Language a project that received the Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award and supported by the National System of Creators received the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 Alongside his filmmaking Contreras has been General Director for documentary series for NatGeo and HBO