Sergio Tovar Velarde, (born 31 December 1982) is a Mexican film director. He directed the feature film ''Mi último día'' (aka ''
Aurora Boreal
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'') which was premiered at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival and was released commercially in theaters in summer of 2009.
He is one of the filmmakers of ''
The Misfits'', alongside Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse and Jorge Ramírez Suárez.
Early life
Tovar was born in
Tepic
Tepic () is the capital and largest city of the western Mexican state of Nayarit, as well as the seat of the Tepic Municipality.
Located in the central part of the state, it stands at an altitude of above sea level, on the banks of the Río Mo ...
,
Nayarit, Mexico. He studied communications at
Ibero-American University in Mexico City and
film theory
Film theory is a set of scholarly approaches within the academic discipline of film or cinema studies that began in the 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures; and that now provides conceptual frameworks for und ...
at
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) is a film school belonging to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture. It was founded in 1975 with the aim of providing technical and artistic training for those entering the film industry. The CCC is pa ...
. He studied directing with well-known Polish film director
Ludwik Margules
Ludwik Margules Coben (December 15, 1933 in Warsaw, Poland – March 10, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Polish-born Mexican theatre, opera and film director. Being an active member of the Mexican theatre circuit for more than fifty years, ...
.
In 2009, became
FONCA The National Endowment for Culture and Arts (''Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes,'' FONCA) is a public agency of the Mexican federal government, attached to the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta). Funding for FONCA comes ...
's scholar. In 2009, 2006 and 2002 was FECAN's academic.
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.
Tovar has been directing short films in France, Canada, Cuba and Mexico; being selected and nominated on 70 film festivals. In 2008, his short film ''Edén'' became part of the Best of International Award-winning films in
Cannes
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Short Film.
In 2011, Tovar direct ''The Misfits'', a film composed of 4 contributions from different filmmakers. His last film is
Four Moons
Filmography
Extracted from
IMDb
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Feature films
:: 2014 -
Four Moons (México)
:: 2011 - The Misfits (Los inadaptados) (''Chat'' segment) (México)
:: 2007 - My Last Day Aka
Aurora Boreal
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(México)
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)
:: 2006 - El joven Telarañas (Mexico)
:: 2006 - El gusano (Mexico)
:: 2005 - La voz de las cigarras (Mexico)
:: 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
;
Guadalajara International Film Festival
;
Guanajuato International Film Festival
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;Habana International Film Festival
;Huelva Latin American Film Festival
;Kinoki Film Festival
;Mexican Cinema Journalists
;
Morelia International Film Festival
The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October.
F ...
;New York Short Film Festival
;Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival
;
San Sebastian International Film Festival
;Short Shorts Film Festival México
;Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
;WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Trivia
::- In 2002, he and the producer
Edgar Barrón founded
Atko Films in Mexico City, as a film production company.
::- In 2010, Tovar was included on Top Ten decade Nayarit people list.
References
External links
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Vimeo ChannelYouTube ChannelBlogAtko FilmsFour Moons - Official SiteMy Last Day - Official SiteThe Misfits - Official Site
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1982 births
Living people
Mexican film directors