Roberto Canales(I)
- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Roberto Canales Sanchez Leon was born in Mexico City, son of Colombian father and Peruvian
mother. He studied a degree in Communication Sciences at the Instituto
Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and specialization in
Documentary at the International School of Film and Television in Cuba.
As a producer makes, in co-production with FOPROCINE, "Blattangelus",
feature documentary winner at the MIX Festival 2010 in Mexico City and
also selected in more than 10 Festivals as: Biarritz Festival(France),
MiradasDocs (Tenerife, Spain), Festival Internacional de Cine de
Morelia, DOCSDF, Chicago Film Festival and the Festival of Havana among
others. "Rural City", his first feature film as director was recently
selected to participate in the International Film Festival of
Guadalajara, on March 30. He worked as executive producer, with his
company made two theses for EICTV: "Xochiquetzal House" and "Taxi
Libre" by Alana Simone, this one was the winner at Festival Contra el
Silencio todas las Voces 2010. Currently produces "Aki estamos" a
documentary by Alejandro Ramirez that in it's shooting stage. With over
15 years of experience in the media as a filmmaker he has specialized in
digital video, a tool with which can experiment with different
narratives and communication solutions; ranging from alternative
campaigns, fiction, experimental, documentary and big events. He
represented the International School of Film and Television in San
Antonio de los Banos Cuba for over 10 years in Mexico. He is the
creator of the concept ro75 training center, audiovisual specialist
center in Mexico City, where young independent filmmakers learn the
"ability-creativity" formula. This training center has teachers with
international participation as Belkis Vega, Rodriguez, Jorge Fuentes
and Eric Goethals (Emmy winner), among others. In the film industry
Roberto has participated in internationally renowned festivals as the
Festival Ecofilms in Rhodes (Greece), Expresio;n en Corto (Guanajuato,
Gto.), The Telluride Film Festival (Colorado, USA), International
Festival of Valladolid (Spain), The Film Festival (Bogota, Colombia),
the Tampere Film Festival (Finland), among others. In 2008, with his
fiction shortfilm "If I die far from you" starring by Martha Aura, ran
a successful international festival circuit with more than 10 official
selections, winning the "Espiga de Plata" in Valladolid, Spain. Roberto
has been coordinator and consultant of various creative audiovisual
projects for internationally recognized brands as Yazbek, KPMG, LG,
Canon, Walter Thompson, Firestone, Grupo Salinas advertisers, Glaxo,
Abbott Laboratories, Schering Plough, IFA, CAPUFE, SFP, SSP , CFE,
SEGOB, Move You, SCM, Cadbury Adams and more.