Tatiana Huezo

Tatiana Huezo

Still: Noche de fuego
Tatiana HUEZO (1972, El Salvador) graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) in Mexico City and has a Masters Degree in Documentary Filmmaking from the Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Her debut documentary film El lugar más pequeño/The Tiniest Place (2011), documenting post-war trauma in El Salvador, was screened at more than 50 film festivals and won numerous awards, such as The Best Documentary Feature award at the 54th Ariel Awards in Mexico and the award for the Best International Feature Film at Visions Du Reel, Switzerland (2011). Huezo focused on the brutal consequences of human trafficking in Mexico in Tempestad (2016), which premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2016. It has since screened at over 80 festivals and received many awards, including the Fénix Award for Best Documentary. Huezo’s first feature film, Noche de fuego/Prayers for the Stolen (2021), is a coming-of-age film set in a mountain village under the constant threat of Mexican drug cartels. Based on the novel by Jennifer Clement, it premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section and won a Special Mention. The film won many awards in San Sebastián and Athens, amongst others. It was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.

Filmography

(selection) Tiempo cáustico (1997, short), El ombligo del mundo (2001, short), El lugar más pequeño/The Tiniest Place (2011, doc), Ausencias (2015, short doc), Tempestad (2016, doc), Noche de fuego/Prayers for the Stolen (2021)

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