Carlos Reygadas

Director, Screenwriter,

Mexico

Having received a Special Mention from the Caméra d’ Or for his first film, Japón( 2002), Carlos Reygadas has created a unique and demanding cinema. He entered the Competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival with his second feature film, Battle in the Sky. He returned in 2007 with Silent Light, which won the Jury Prize( ex-aequo). With Post Tenebras Lux, which won the

Producer

Best Director Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, he confirmed his mastery of his art. In 2018, he directed Nuestro tiempo. He is also a co-producer, notably of certain films by Amat Escalante, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Christine Haroutounian, and Hilal Baydarov. In 2023, he published Presencia, a book on cinema and the source of creation. Carlos Reygadas is currently working on his next film, Sillage d’ ombre.