
Directing
Gabriel Herrera Torres
Place of birth
Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
12 titles
Gabriel Herrera Torres is a mexican director, graduated from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC, UNAM) in 2010 and with a master's degree in film direction from the Polish National Film School (PWSFTviT). He has made several short films and currently teaches film, works on social and ecological documentaries and is making PHD studies focusing on philosophy and film theory. He has taken part in different programs and residencies over the years, and his short films have been shown and awarded in several film festivals, such as Berlin International Film Festival.
Known for
NRIt is the European Middle Ages. Ana’s mother is out in the street and, for no apparent reason, has started to dance. Ana feels deeply humiliated by her mother’s unexplainable behavior. To make matters worse, her mother keeps dancing without stopping for several days, and eventually other people start joining her without giving any explanation. Mortifed by embarrassment, Ana and other teenagers in the village try everything to distance themselves from the adult dancers; but the grown-ups seem determined to make fools of themselves, and to carry everything along with them while landscape, plants, animals, and social roles seem to turn ridiculous as well.
Margarethe Doesn’t Want to be Seen Dancing
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NRDon Plascencio has a collection of men he uses like radio stations: in a routine aural examination each man plays a different musical piece instead of the usual heartbeat.
First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room
2008
NREffort to construct an audio-visual dance between the body of an 90-year old man and the body of his house, that has become an extension of himself.
Word Puzzle for an Empty House
2008
NRPlayful portrait of a group of men trying to build an impossible object.
A Boat
2016
5.8A young motorcyclist rides and rides in circles on his motorcycle. The more he rides, the more beautiful he gets. Is his beauty his, or does his beauty belongs to the others? Is he playing the game of the world, or is the world playing his game? Where does he ends and the world begins? Is he inside of himself or is he outside of himself? And is there such a thing as being "inside" or "outside" when you are THIS beautiful?
Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit
2021
8.0In a local sports center, a man with a great need to talk but little to say recounts a recent dream to a nearby colleague, with deeply confusing and unexpected results.
How to Reach God Through Proper Exercising
2016
Behind the camera
NRIt is the European Middle Ages. Ana’s mother is out in the street and, for no apparent reason, has started to dance. Ana feels deeply humiliated by her mother’s unexplainable behavior. To make matters worse, her mother keeps dancing without stopping for several days, and eventually other people start joining her without giving any explanation. Mortifed by embarrassment, Ana and other teenagers in the village try everything to distance themselves from the adult dancers; but the grown-ups seem determined to make fools of themselves, and to carry everything along with them while landscape, plants, animals, and social roles seem to turn ridiculous as well.
Margarethe Doesn’t Want to be Seen Dancing
—
NRDon Plascencio has a collection of men he uses like radio stations: in a routine aural examination each man plays a different musical piece instead of the usual heartbeat.
First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room
2008
NRDon Plascencio has a collection of men he uses like radio stations: in a routine aural examination each man plays a different musical piece instead of the usual heartbeat.
First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room
2008
NRDon Plascencio has a collection of men he uses like radio stations: in a routine aural examination each man plays a different musical piece instead of the usual heartbeat.
First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room
2008
NREffort to construct an audio-visual dance between the body of an 90-year old man and the body of his house, that has become an extension of himself.
Word Puzzle for an Empty House
2008
NREffort to construct an audio-visual dance between the body of an 90-year old man and the body of his house, that has become an extension of himself.
Word Puzzle for an Empty House
2008
NRPlayful portrait of a group of men trying to build an impossible object.
A Boat
2016
5.8A young motorcyclist rides and rides in circles on his motorcycle. The more he rides, the more beautiful he gets. Is his beauty his, or does his beauty belongs to the others? Is he playing the game of the world, or is the world playing his game? Where does he ends and the world begins? Is he inside of himself or is he outside of himself? And is there such a thing as being "inside" or "outside" when you are THIS beautiful?
Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit
2021
5.8A young motorcyclist rides and rides in circles on his motorcycle. The more he rides, the more beautiful he gets. Is his beauty his, or does his beauty belongs to the others? Is he playing the game of the world, or is the world playing his game? Where does he ends and the world begins? Is he inside of himself or is he outside of himself? And is there such a thing as being "inside" or "outside" when you are THIS beautiful?
Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit
2021
5.8A young motorcyclist rides and rides in circles on his motorcycle. The more he rides, the more beautiful he gets. Is his beauty his, or does his beauty belongs to the others? Is he playing the game of the world, or is the world playing his game? Where does he ends and the world begins? Is he inside of himself or is he outside of himself? And is there such a thing as being "inside" or "outside" when you are THIS beautiful?
Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit
2021
8.0In a local sports center, a man with a great need to talk but little to say recounts a recent dream to a nearby colleague, with deeply confusing and unexpected results.
How to Reach God Through Proper Exercising
2016
8.0In a local sports center, a man with a great need to talk but little to say recounts a recent dream to a nearby colleague, with deeply confusing and unexpected results.
How to Reach God Through Proper Exercising
2016
