Educatioinal, artistic & professional background
EDUARDO VILLANUEVA (1970, Guadalajara, México) is an artist and independent autodidact filmmaker. He is a scriptwriter, director, editor and producer. His first art studies where made in the field of the music and architecture in two diferent universities in Guadalajara. His first feature film which was made in Berlin, Germany ̈Reise Nach Tulum/A Trip to Tulum ̈ (2011) took seven years to produce. It was shown at film festivals and in museums of modern art. With the script Tramp (2010) he was granted by the Global Film Initiative award.
Penumbra, his second film was supported by the Hubert Bals Fund was nominated for the Tiger Award 2013 and recibed the Lions film award at Rotterdam IFF. Penumbra has been Presented in more than 35 film festivals around the world like: Edinburgh, Durban, Thessaloniki, Morelia, Brighton, Teplice, Gijón, Madeira, New Orleans, Kerala, La habana and some others like the Museum Reina Sofía in Madrid. The film recibed the FIPRESCI award at the 28th Mar del Plata IFF and the Best director award at the Mendoza IFF, both in Argentina. Villanueva is habituated to write different scenarios in parallel, and the one titled Phantasos (in pre-production) will be filmed hopefully in 2016.
Major prizes and grants
• Tiger Award Nomine 01/2013 (Rotterdam International Film Festival, Holand)
• Lions Film Award 01/2013 (Rotterdam International Film Festival, Holand)
• Winner prize FIPRESI 08/2013- Fédération Internationale de la Press Cinématographique (Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2013, Argentina)
• Winner prize best director (Mendoza IFF 2014, Argentina)
• Winner Hubert Bals Fund post- production support grant 2012 (Rotterdam International Film Festival)
• Winner of The Global film Initiative grant 2010 - San Francisco California, USA.
Filmography
• Tramp (scenario) 2008- Fiction.
• Reise Nach Tulum (A Trip To Tulum) 2002-2010- Fiction. • Penumbra 2013 - Fiction.
• Phantasos 2014 - (scenario) Fiction.
· Petacal 2016- scenario- already in production 2017- Fiction.
• Cort-éx (scenario in process) 2015- Fiction.
• La cerda truffa (scenario in process) 2015- Fiction.
• Date Maru (scenario in process) 2015- Fiction.
Forum participation
• Participation Locarno Carte Blanche 2012 (Locarno International Film Festival)
• Participation Amiens scenario development 2008 (28th IFF Amiens, France)
• Participation Guadalajara construye 2008 (Guadalajara IFF)
• Participation Berlinale work in progress 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival)
• Participation Guanajuato pitching market industry 2013 (Guanajuato IFF) México
• Participation Riviera lab Co-producción forum 2014 (Riviera Maya IFF) México
International screenings in festivals and museums of contemporary art
• Oficial Competition Rotterdam International Film Festival 2013- Holand.
• Oficial Competition Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013- Scotland
• Oficial Competition Durban International Film Festival 2013- South Africa.
• Oficial Competition Art Film Festival Teplice 2013 - Bratislava.
• Oficial Competition Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2013- Grece.
• Oficial Competition Gijón International Film Festival 2013- Spain.
• Oficial Competition Morelia International Film Festival 2013- México.
• Oficial Competition Brighton International Film Festival 2013- United kindom.
• Oficial Competition Ficunam International Film Festival 2013- México.
• Oficial Competition Lima Independiente International Film Festival 2013- Perú.
• Oficial Competition La Habana International Film Festival 2013- Cuba.
• Reina Sofía Museum Centro de arte 2013- Madrid, Spain.
• Museé de la chasee e la nature 2013- Paris, France.
• Oficial Competition Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2013- Argentina.
• Oficial Competition Riviera Maya International Film Festival 2013- México.
• Oficial Competition Monterrey International Film Festival 2013- México.
• Oficial Competition Kerala International Film Festival 2013- India.
• Oficial Competition Ambulante International Film Festival 2014- México.
• Oficial Competition Madeira International Film Festival 2014- Portugal.
• Oficial Competition Uruguay International Film Festival 2014- Uruguay.
• Oficial Competition Cinemarfa International Film Festival 2014- United States.
• Uniondocs Center 2014 New York, United States.
• Oficial Competition Ayacucho International Film Festival 2014- Perú.
• Oficial Competition Ficunach International Film Festival 2014- México.
• Oficial Competition Festival de Cine Madrid- PNR 2014- Madrid, Spain.
• Oficial Competition Colima Festival de Cine 2014- México.
• Oficial Competition Ibertigio - Islas Canarias 2014- Spain.
• Oficial Competition New Orleans International Film Festival 2014- United States.
• Oficial Competition Mendoza International Film Festival 2014- Argentina
• Oficial Competition Ficunam International Film Festival 2011- México.
• Oficial Competition Monterrey International Film Festival 2013- México.
• Oficial Competition Rencontrés du cinema a Cérbere International Film Festival 2011- France.
• Contemporary art museum MAZ - 2011 Guadalajara, México.
• Contemporary art museum of the city of Queretaro, 2011- México.
• Kino Roy 2011- Estocolmo, Sweden.
• XL Cervantino International festival 2012- Guanajuato, México.
Art Exhibitions
• Jul/99- Pic-Nic art show- Guadalajara, México.
• Nov/01 Doméstica - Incidental grupo de arte - art show -Guadalajara, México.
• March/08 The best art work in the world - Charro negro gallery - Guadalajara, México (curated by Jorge Méndez Blake).
• Nov/08 ̈Firulais ̈ Fragmentos recientes de la historia de Guadalajara, Museum of the city of Guadalajara, México (curated by Cristián Silva).
• Jul/12 Salon Acme No.1 - México city- curated by Guillermo Santamarina.
• Jul/13 Salon Acme No.2 - México city- curated by Guillermo Santamarina.
• Jul/14 ACME Brooklyn, La fabrica Gallery, Brooklyn NY- United States
· Nov/16 Proyecto Cobra- No es necesario que salgas de casa- Guadalajara- curated by Alan Sierra
· Feb/17 Salon Acme No. 5 - México city- several curators
Colective exhibitions:
