Amat Escalante
Amat ESCALANTE (1979, Spain) has lived much of his life in Guanajuato, Mexico. He studied editing and sound in Barcelona and documentary directing in Cuba. His shorts have won several awards. Escalante was assistant director to Carlos Reygadas during the shooting of Battle in Heaven (2005). He made his debut with Sangre in 2005. Heli (2013) won him the Best Director Award at Cannes. His film The Untamed (2016) won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. In 2024, he joins IFFR with Lost in the Night (2023).
Filmography
Modesta (2001, short), Alone at Last (2001, short), Amarrados (2002, short), Sangre (2005), Los bastardos/The Bastards (2008), Revolutión (2010, segment El cura Nicolas colgado), Esclava (2014, short), Heli (2013), La región salvaje/The Untamed (2016), Narcos: Mexico (2020), Lost in the Night (2023)
More Info: Wikipedia, Amat Escalante
Amat Escalante op IFFR
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Lost in the Night
Amat Escalante | 123' | Germany | Dutch Premiere
Does a luxurious artists’ home hide a shocking truth? Amat Escalante thrillingly explores Mexican politics. -
Los bastardos
Amat Escalante | 90' | France | None
Stylised, penetrating and eventually shocking narrative about illegal Mexican brothers in California who do anything to earn money. The tasks they tak -
Sangre
Amat Escalante | 90' | France | None
Warmly greeted, firmly styled debut by the former assistant director to Carlos Reygadas. The life of a simple man is made up of boring work… -
Amarrados
Amat Escalante | 15' | Mexico | European premiere
Intriguing report of a little Mexican glue sniffer who whispers about his experiences. -
La región salvaje
Amat Escalante | 100' | Denmark | None
How it works exactly is hard to say. There’s a meteorite. Véronica is overcome, horror film-style, by extreme lust. And she’s not the onl -
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