Carlos Reygadas
Carlos REYGADAS (1971, Mexico) started making short films in 1998, after studying International Law in Mexico and London. He made his feature debut with Japón, which premiered at IFFR in 2002 and was nominated for the Golden Camera in Cannes. Batalla en el cielo (2005), his follow-up feature, was named one of the decade’s best films by the British Film Institute, calling Reygadas “the one-man third wave of Mexican cinema”. Stellet licht (2007) premiered at Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize, and also won the Gold Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival. With Post tenebras lux (2012), Reygadas earned his third Golden Palm nomination and won the Cannes Best Director Award. Nuestro tiempo (2018) premiered in Venice and was nominated for a Golden Lion.
Filmography
(selection) Adulte (1998, short), Prisioneros/Prisoners (1999, short), Oiseaux (1999, short), Maxhumain (1999, short), Japón/Japan (2002), Filmando: Batalla en el cielo (2004, doc), Batalla en el cielo/Battle in Heaven (2005), Stellet licht/Silent Light (2007), Serenghetti (2009, instal), Revolución (2010, segment: Este es mi reino), 42 One Dream Rush (2010, short, segment: Babies Are Happy), Post tenebras lux (2012), Short Plays (2014, doc, segment: Mexico), Nuestro tiempo/Our Time (2018)
More info: Wikipedia, Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas at IFFR
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Batalla en el cielo
The sequel to Japón is a big-city story of demise in mega-city Mexico about a fat driver, the beautiful daughter of his boss and the surprising confes
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Los bastardos
Stylised, penetrating and eventually shocking narrative about illegal Mexican brothers in California who do anything to earn money. The tasks they tak
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Serenghetti
Footbal fan Carlos Reygadas (Japón, Battel in Heaven, Silent Light) created a footbal film for ‘Urban Screens’: a match between two Mexican amateur wo
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El árbol
Sobering tale about the small-time loser Santiago, who roams the streets of a Spanish town after leaving his wife and children looking for ground unde
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Adulte
Début by Carlos Reygadas is a short Super-8 film with a man, a coffin and a dramatic setting.
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Stellet licht
Regular IFFR guest Reygadas (Japón, Battle in Heaven) situated his beautifully shot third film in a blonde Mennonite community in northern Mexi
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Post tenebras lux
Dreamlike, extremely personal and visually surprising film by the Mexican master. Also puzzling. What do those rugby playing kids have to do with that
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Nuestro tiempo
Virtuoso filming and confrontational scenes from an open marriage. With director Carlos Reygadas and his wife in the leading roles.
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Japón
In the ambitious, stunning debut by Carlos Reygadas (Silent Light, Post tenebras lux), a man leaves the city to die in a remote, majestic valley. The
