Antonino Isordia Llamazares (born 30 April 1973 in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí) is a Mexican film and documentary director known for making documentary films in a more cinematic style.[3] His films have been shown at International Film Festivals and received awards in his native Mexico,[4][5][6] Argentina,[4] Austria,[4] Canada,[7] Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States. He has had a documentary feature film and a documentary short each nominated for Ariel Awards.

Antonino Isordia Llamazares
Antonino Isordia in 1973
Antonino Isordia in the film 1973, that was shot over 11 years and was released in 2005[1]
Born (1973-04-30) 30 April 1973 (age 51)
Other namesAntonio Isordia[2]
Occupation(s)Film maker and documentary film maker
Years active1992 – present

Isordia is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica film school in Mexico City.[5] He also attended the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin, Germany in 2005.[8] His most notable films are 1973 (2005) and Los Niños Devoran Lobos (Kids Devour Wolves, 2008).[9][10][11][12][13][14] His films and documentaries have won the Silver Goddess Mexican Award[15] and the JVC award of the Guadalajara International Film Festival.[5] He won an award for Best Video Documentary at the Valdivia International Film Festival in Valdivia, Chile in 2001 for Descenso (Descent).[16] 1973 appeared at the Seminci Film Festival in Valladolid, Spain.[17] In Variety Robert Koehler wrote of Isordia's work from the Palm Springs International Film Festival that:

Particularly in opening section, 1973 presents an astonishing, intensely complex visual and audio design that sets a new standard for cinematically-stylish non-fiction and transforms the standard talking-head docu.

— Robert Koehler, Variety[9]

The subject matter of Los Niños Devoran Lobos, violence among youths, was considered important enough that the rights were picked up for broadcast in 2008 on Tr3s in Mexico and MTV Latin America in Central America and several South American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[18][19] He directed a brief animated introduction to the first Cinema Planeta Film Festival held in Cuernavaca, Morelos in 2009.[20] He then produced a similar animated short, that was directed by Carlos Armella, which served as an introduction to the second Cinema Planeta Film Festival held in 2010.[21]

Works

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In addition to directing documentaries, Antonino Isordia (also credited as Antonio Isordia)[2] has worked on film sound, sound recording, production, and screenplay writing.

List of films and television programs[2][22]
Title Year Run
time
(min.)
Notes
Sangre de tu sangre 1992 director[3]
Discurso de alcohol para una hija adormecida 1994 director[3]
El café y la muerte 1996 7 director and writer of this short documentary[3]
El agujero 1997 sound director on film directed by Beto Gómez
El último recuerdo de Leocadio 1998 20 director of this drama[3]
Shown at the Rencontres Henri Langlois 23rd International Film Schools Festival in Poitiers, France (2000)[citation needed]
Descenso 2000 20 director and writer of this documentary[4]
Nominated for Ariel Award for Documentary Short in 2003[23]
First Prize, IV International Film Schools Festivals, Buenos Aires (July 2000)[4]
Jury's special prize, Mexico City Film Festival (October 2000)[4]
Shown at the Guadalajara International Film Festival[4]
Por si no te vuelvo a ver 2000 97 sound engineer on this comedy film[2]
Tierra menonita 2000 58 sound on documentary[2][24]
La canción del pulque 2003 60 sound on documentary directed by Everardo González
El país roto, Las guerras de Miguel Ramos Arizpe 2004 44 director of this television documentary about Miguel Ramos Arizpe[25]
1973 2005 96 producer, director, and writer[2][26]
Nominated for Ariel Award for Documentary Feature in 2006[27]
Shown at the 3rd Festival International de Cine de Morelia (October 2005)[28][29]
Shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2006)[9][30]
Shown at the Riverside International Film Festival (2006)[31]
Hasta el último trago... corazón! 2005 100 sound on documentary directed by Beto Gómez
Tepeyolotl, corazón del cerro 2005 30 sound engineer on documentary directed by Miguel Ángel García
Retratos de la educación (I & II) 2006 45 producer, codirector, and cowriter of this two part television documentary[2]
Sonora, Alma de frontera 2007 45 director of this television documentary about the State of Sonora[32]
Los niños devoran lobos 2008 90 director and cinematographer of this documentary[2]
World premiere at the 5th FICCO festival in Mexico City (February – March 2008)[33]
Querétaro, Corazón del Barroco 2008 46 director of this television program[34]
En los pasos de Abraham 2010 90 sound engineer on this documentary directed by Daniel Goldberg Lerner
Borreguito 2010 10[35] director and writer[5][36]
Winner of a Prize for Fiction at the 10th National Competition for Short Film in Mexico City (6 June 2010)[37]
Shown at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (March 2011)[5]
Shown at the Cannes Court Métrage short film corner (11 – 22 May 2011)[35]

References

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  1. ^ Adler, Irene (12 May 2005). "1973 es un grito generacional que invita a vivir: Antonino Isordia". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Antonio Isordia at IMDb
  3. ^ a b c d e "Cineastas y profesionales México : Antonino Isordia  : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA" (in Spanish). National Council for Culture and Arts. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Descenso" (in Spanish and English). Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Borreguito (Little Lamb) 2010" (in Spanish). Guadalajara International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Abril 2009" (in Spanish). Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  7. ^ "1973 – Vancouver Latin American Film Festival". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Berlinale Talent Campus: Participants, Antonino Isordia". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b c Koehler, Robert (13 January 2006). "1973 – Entertainment News, Film Reviews, Media – Variety". Variety. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  10. ^ Ramirez, Tania Molina (10 March 2006). "Se estrena hoy el documental 1973, retrato de la generación del desaliento". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  11. ^ Solórzano, Fernanda (February 2006). "Letras Libres – "1973, de Antonino Isordia" por Fernanda Solórzano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  12. ^ ""Los niños devoran lobos", documental de pandillas" (in Spanish). Organizacion Editorial Mexicana. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  13. ^ Sánchez, Paulina. "Violencia y anormalidad en el documental mexicano 1973" (pdf). El Ojo Que Piensa: Revista de cine iberoamericano. Nueva época (in Spanish). University of Guadalajara. ISSN 1665-7047. 04-2010-012013403000-203. Retrieved 28 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Wood, David M. J. (Fall 2006). "Reflections on Modernity: The Third Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival and the 21st Guadalajara International Film Festival". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 47 (2). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press: 120–124. doi:10.1353/frm.2006.0024. ISSN 0306-7661. Retrieved 28 April 2011. Antonino Isordia's debut feature-length documentary 1973 (MX, 2005) is an unsettling portrayal of regret, resignation, and cold recollection that blends searching interviews, home videos, reconstructions, and archive footage through an array of formats, from Hi-8 video to 35mm.
  15. ^ "Arrasa con las Diosas de Pata". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Notimex. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  16. ^ Anexo:Ganadores del Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia (Spanish wikipedia)
  17. ^ "SEMINCI – 50 Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid – El Norte de Castilla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  18. ^ "Nota: Llevan a la pantalla chica la vida de pandillas juveniles" (in Spanish). Foundation for Promotion of Altruism. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  19. ^ "UNICEF Panamá – Prensa – MTV y UNICEF presentan documental sobre pandillas" (in Spanish). UNICEF Panamá. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  20. ^ "Ediciones Pasadas" (in Spanish). p. 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  21. ^ "Ediciones Pasadas" (in Spanish). p. 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  22. ^ Antonino Isordia at IMDb
  23. ^ "GANADORES Y NOMINADOS: Cortometraje Documental" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  24. ^ "Tierra Menonita" (in Spanish). Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  25. ^ "Clío tv, Programa: El país roto, Las guerras de Miguel Ramos Arizpe" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  26. ^ Quijano, Julio Alejandro (11 March 2006). "Retrata Antonino Isordiaa su generación en filme". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  27. ^ "GANADORES Y NOMINADOS: XLVIII 2006" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  28. ^ Caballero, Jorge (11 October 2005). "1973, historia del DF escrita en un departamento de interés social: Isordia". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  29. ^ "3rd Festival International de Cine de Morelia" (pdf) (in Spanish). 8–16 October 2005. p. 75. Retrieved 19 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ "Confirmed Filmmaker Guests at Festival Screenings". 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  31. ^ ":: Riverside Film Festival ::". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  32. ^ "Clío tv, Programa: Sonora, Alma de frontera" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  33. ^ "festival de la ciudad de mexico documentales peliculas fotos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  34. ^ "Clío tv, Programa: Querétaro, Corazón del Barroco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  35. ^ a b "Short Film Corner – Catalogue" (in French and English). Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  36. ^ "Producciones cinematográficas México : Borreguito Little Lamb : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA". National Council for Culture and Arts. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  37. ^ "Resultados del 10° Concurso Nacional de Proyectos de Cortometraje. – Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Imcine" (in Spanish). National Council for Culture and Arts. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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