Clemente Castor

BIOGRAPHIE

[EN] He received support from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) to study at the Sarajevo Film Academy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied Latin American literature and participated in the SOMA educational program. His debut feature, "Príncipe de Paz," received the award for Best Mexican Film at FICUNAM 2019 and had its international premiere at FidMarseille, where it received a special mention in the international competition and a special mention from the National Center for Plastic Arts (CNAP). It also presented at the Lincoln Center in New York and was also in the official competition at festivals such as the Viennale, the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Márgenes, and Transcinema, among others. He has directed several short films, including "Fantasma, Animal" (2020) and "Atados los años engullen la tierra" (Tied the Years Swallow the Earth) (2022), the latter commissioned by FICUNAM. Both works premiered at FIDMarseille, and participated in other national and international film festivals. Additionally, he has presented videos and installations in some independent spaces and art museums such as: CAP • Centre d'art de SaintFons in Lyon, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Tabakalera - Donosti, Biquini Wax EPS, Pequod Co Galería, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Baxter St. in NY, Queens L.A., SOMA, among others. In 2019, the Colombian film festival EUREKA held a retrospective of her short films. In 2025, he premiered his second feature film entitled FRÍO METAL in the international competition of the Marseille International Film Festival (FIDMarseille) where he wins Georges de Beauregard Prix.

FILMOGRAPHIE