Maria del Carmen de Lara

Maria del Carmen de Lara

Born 05/01/1957 (67 years old)
Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Biography

Graduated from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC), for 20 years she has been a documentary film professor at UAM Xochimilco and CUEC UNAM, as well as the founder of the Master of Documentary Studies (ENAC-FAD UNAM). She was the director of CUEC-UNAM and carrier of the transformation at the National School of Cinematic Arts UNAM. During 35 years, she has directed and produced about thirty documentaries and fiction films in Calacas and Palomas, a film and video company she founded along with Leopoldo Best. Her work, both documentary and fiction, reflect the current affairs that the Mexican society is facing, giving particular importance to the gender vision, the change in sexual behavior, and the violation of reproduction rights. Her independent work links her with several social causes, in which she has tried to preserve the memory and project an image of the women's struggle for gender equality. She has been awarded prizes such as the Ariel, the Silver Goddess, the Golden Colón of Huelva Spain, the Mayahuel in Guadalajara, Best Documentary at the First International Film and Video Festival in Puerto Rico and Best Documentary at the Festival of Cinema of the Canary Islands, Spain. She also obtained the Journalists' distinction in Creteil France and the OCIC Prize, among many others.

Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara

Director

Screenwriter

Actress

Movies
1988

Difficult Days

1981

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Producer

Documentaries
2022

The Irreverent Feminists