- Miguel Ángel Sánchez

Miguel Ángel Sánchez.

He is dedicated to directing and producing audiovisual content, primarily documentaries. He works on pressing humanitarian and environmental issues in Mexico and the rest of the world. Currently, he directs documentary series for platforms and develops projects that intersect with interactive and immersive experiences.

About.

He studied at the National School of Film Arts of UNAM. His career includes directing documentary series for platforms. In 2022, he was selected to participate in Berlinale Talents, and in 2023, he won the Mastercard Enablement Programme at the same event. That same year, his project ATL was selected to be part of WORLDING, a documentary incubation workshop at the MIT Open Documentary Lab. Additionally, he took part in the intensive documentary training program IDFAcademy. As a producer, he has contributed to the success of films such as “The Dove and the Wolf,” directed by Carlos Lenin, which premiered and was awarded at the Locarno Film Festival, winning the Silver Puma at FICUNAM and the First Mexico Prize at the Los Cabos Film Festival. He also produces “Strong Together” directed by Tania Claudia Castillo, which received the Sundance Institute Fund for post-production.

La Paloma y el Lobo

Dir: Carlos Lenin / Prod. Miguel Ángel Sánchez
– Premiered and awarded at Locarno; winner of the Silver Puma at FICUNAM and the First Mexico Award at the Los Cabos Film Festival.

Displaced by the violence that swept their town, Paloma and Lobo survive trying to love each other. Through thirst, fear and nostalgia, Paloma wishes to go back home but Lobo lives tied to a memory that stops him from returning.

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Señales del Crimen

Director: Miguel Ángel Sánchez
13 episodes, 60 minutes

In its first season, the series examines various femicides in Latin America and the United States. Thirteen episodes aimed at raising awareness about violence against women.

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#DignaDigna

3 episodes 10 minutes, 2022
– Best transmedia project by the International Festival of Film with Alternative Media

Explore the case of lawyer and human rights defender Digna Ochoa y Plácido, found dead on October 19, 2001, in her Mexico City office where she handled significant cases.

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Juntas Somos Fuertes

Dir. Tania Claudia Castillo
Prod. Carlos Hernández, Tania Claudia Castillo, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Gabriela Gavica
– Received a grant from the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Fund.

Yan Maria Castro, a pioneering Mexican feminist, and a group of young activists are working together to fight violence against women and advocate for the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico.

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Mundo Tortuga

6 episodes, 23 minutes
Director: Miguel Ángel Sánchez

Six out of seven sea turtle species worldwide arrive in Mexico, all critically endangered. Mexico is crucial for their preservation, with indigenous communities, ex-poachers, biologists, volunteers, and families dedicated to conservation.

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WE FILM MX

Dir. Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Tania Claudia Castillo
– Won the Mastercard Enablement Programme at the Berlinale Talents

WE FILM MX is a digital platform designed for women journalists, filmmakers, activists and human rights defenders.

It is a project that provides the necessary tools to safely address human rights issues in risky political contexts and campaign against all kinds of violence.

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Contact

Mexico City

+52 (55) 3224 8748

miguel.tresmas@gmail.com