Juan José Antuna Ortiz

Directing

Juan José Antuna Ortiz

Born 1989-06-12 · Durango, Mexico

Born in Durango, Mexico. Director of the short films "Confesión en dos tonos", "Ecos Transeúntes", "L'homme qui fume", "Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar", "Durazno", and the minute-film "Negro". Film critic for the website Sudcalifornios, Editorial Coordinator of the Cinéfagos Magazine, creator of the website "Producciones La Vieja Escuela Presenta:", of the production company Real Vérité Films, and founder of the cinematographic movement "Manifiesto Helsinki". Jury member at the Cecehachero Film Festival and the Reta Cinematográfica del Terror. Programmer of the Durango Mexican Film Festival, and currently director of the Paloma Itinerante Film Festival. With his work, he has been part of festivals such as the FES Ensenada, Paloma Itinerante Film Festival, and Nahui Ollin Film Festival.

Acting credits

Durazno poster
NR

First part of "La trilogía de las frutas" and the first short film belonging to the "Manifiesto Helsinki" film movement.

Durazno

2025

All the Fires poster
7.1

Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with his father’s death. When his lonely mother starts dating another man, Bruno escapes from home. He goes to another town to live with Daniela, a young pyromaniac he met online and with whom he has an epistolary relationship. During the painful separation from his mother and his best friend Ian, he begins to question his sexuality and capacity to overcome his father’s loss.

All the Fires

2023

El Editor Versión Final poster
8.0

Marcos, an independent film and video editor, works editing late into the night. On a typical night at work, he has a seizure that causes him to lose consciousness. Upon waking up, he discovers that his way of perceiving life has changed in such a way that he now lives everything and sees it in the same way as a cinematographic montage.

El Editor Versión Final

2022

Alejandra... todavía Alejandra poster
8.0

Alejandra is a rock star, a great actress, a literary prodigy. Alejandra is everything but herself.

Alejandra... todavía Alejandra

2020

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar) poster
9.0

Two stories about different ways two people overcome loss; which may or may not be connected.

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar)

2023

Confesión en dos tonos poster
NR

Can an adolescent experience define our perception of love? Can or should everything be connected or have a reason? A character recounts to his niece or nephew, in the form of a confession, an event from his adolescence that defines his particular way of perceiving love. While this exercise serves to tell a story that, regardless of genre, has surely been experienced by more than one person, it expresses the director's idea that discourse can sustain a work on its own, even if what is depicted on screen appears to have no connection.

Confesión en dos tonos

2020

Behind the camera

Ecos transeuntes poster
8.0

What happens to places when they lose their people? Where do all the stories go?

Ecos transeuntes

2021

GREEN poster
NR

A young woman and a young man—lifelong friends—reflect on love through someone else's story, without realizing that love might be closer than they think.

GREEN

2026

GREEN poster
NR

A young woman and a young man—lifelong friends—reflect on love through someone else's story, without realizing that love might be closer than they think.

GREEN

2026

Durazno poster
NR

First part of "La trilogía de las frutas" and the first short film belonging to the "Manifiesto Helsinki" film movement.

Durazno

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Juan Antonio de la Riva: el cine de un duranguense

2022

L'homme qui fume poster
7.0

Growth is beautiful, and often progress, too, but if it's not measured, growth can be predatory. Made using the principles of essay film, and using an anonymous character, this film chronicles and critiques how provincial cities grow, change, and gradually lose their identity.

L'homme qui fume

2022

L'homme qui fume poster
7.0

Growth is beautiful, and often progress, too, but if it's not measured, growth can be predatory. Made using the principles of essay film, and using an anonymous character, this film chronicles and critiques how provincial cities grow, change, and gradually lose their identity.

L'homme qui fume

2022

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar) poster
9.0

Two stories about different ways two people overcome loss; which may or may not be connected.

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar)

2023

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar) poster
9.0

Two stories about different ways two people overcome loss; which may or may not be connected.

Eme (o dos historias sobre [cómo] soltar)

2023

Confesión en dos tonos poster
NR

Can an adolescent experience define our perception of love? Can or should everything be connected or have a reason? A character recounts to his niece or nephew, in the form of a confession, an event from his adolescence that defines his particular way of perceiving love. While this exercise serves to tell a story that, regardless of genre, has surely been experienced by more than one person, it expresses the director's idea that discourse can sustain a work on its own, even if what is depicted on screen appears to have no connection.

Confesión en dos tonos

2020