Cristina Velasco
Cristina Velasco Lozano (Tijuana, Mexico 1979), is a Mexican film producer, and a cofounder of Paloma Negra Films, a Mexican independent production company.[1][2]
She started in cinema as the production coordinator of the feature film “Norteado” by Rigoberto Perezcano, the most awarded Mexican film of 2009. She later coordinated the production of “Morir de pié” by Jacaranda Correa, winner of best documentary at FIC Guadalajara.
Since then she has produced many works including: Granicero a documentary by Gustavo Gamou in 2011, Tijuana sonido del Nortec, by Alberto Cortés, The Naked Room by Nuria Ibáñez, winner of best documentary at the 2013 Morelia International Film Festival.
Cristina also produced Carmín Tropical by Rigoberto Perezcano, winner in Morelia 2015 and other international awards.
She is the producer of Eisenstein in Guanajuato by Peter Greenaway, premiered in competition at the 2015 Berlinale and sold in more than 20 countries. She is co-producer of Los Herederos by Jorge Hernandez Aldana and produced by Lucia Films.
In 2015, Cristina joined the Mexican Film Institute, IMCINE, as Director of Production. She was in charge of the FOPROCINE fund and the National Film Commission. A couple of years later, she directed EFICINE, a fiscal incentive for Mexican film production.
In 2018, she produced the documentary El Reino de la Sirena by Luis Rincón, which had its launch at the prestigious documentary festival, Dok Leipzig in Germany, it later showed at FICUNAM, the 2018 Ambulante Documentary Tour, among other festivals.
In 2019, she produced New Order by Michel Franco, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and was in the first place at the box office in Mexico for several weeks. That same year she completed the production of El Gran Fellove directed by actor and director Matt Dillon, which premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
She produced for Teorema, the film Sundown by Michel Franco, which premiered in competition at the 2021 Biennale di Venezia, starring Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg. She is also the producer of Los Amantes se despiden con la mirada by Rigoberto Perezcano and Catire's shadow by Jorge Hernandez Aldana, which will premiere soon.[citation needed]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Type | Position | Awards and nominations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Bulbo TV | TV Series | Creator and producer | |
| 2009 | Northless | Feature Film | Production supervicer | Best Movie, Golden Arie. Ariel Awards, 2010.
Best Edition, Silver Ariel. Ariel Awards, 2010. Jury Prize, Latinamerican Film Festival Utrecht, 2010. |
| 2011 | Granicero | TV Documentary | Producer | Oficial Selection, FICUNAM, 2011.
Oficial Selection, DOCSDF, 2011. Mexican Documentary Film Show at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing China. |
| 2012 | Tijuana, sonidos del Nortec | Documentary | Line producer | |
| 2013 | The naked room | Documentary | Producer | Best documentary made by a woman Award, Morelia International Film Festival, 2013.
Now Mexico Award, FICUNAM, 2013. Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival, 2013. Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2013. Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014. |
| 2014 | Tropical Carmine | Feature Film | Producer | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Silver Ariel, 2015.
Best Feature Film, Morelia International Film Festival, 2015. |
| 2015 | Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Feature Film | Producer | Best Director, Silver Peacock. International Film Festival of India, 2015.
Official selection, Berlin Film Festival, 2015. Ocaña Award, Seville European Film Festival, 2015. |
| 2015 | The Heirs | Feature Film | Co-producer | Breakthrough Actor, Silver Ariel (nominee). Ariel Awards, 2018. |
| 2017 | The Mermaid Kingdom | Feature Film | Producer | World Premiere at the DOK Leipzig Festival, 2017.
LCI Insurance Award, FICUNAM, 2018. |
| 2020 | New Order | Feature Film | Producer | Best Special Effects, Silver Ariel. Ariel Awards, México, 2021.
Best Films Openings, ICP Award. Indiewire Critics’ Poll, 2020. Best Latin American Picture, José María Forqué Awards, 2021. Best Non-U.S. Release, OFCS Award. Online Film Critics Society Awards, 2021. Impact Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2020. Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award, Venice Film Festival, 2020. Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion. Venice Film Festival, 2020. |
| 2019 | Lover's fare goodbye | Feature Film - In post producction | Producer | |
| 2019 | Catire's Shadow | Feature Film - In post producction | Producer | |
| 2020 | The Great Fellove | Documentary | Producer | Official Section, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2020. |
| 2021 | Sundown | Feature Film | Producer | Best Ibero-American Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2021.
Internacional Competition, Brussels International Film Festival, 2021. Best film, Venice Film Festival, 2021. Official competition, London Film Festival, 2021. Best feature, Chicago International Film Festival, 2021. Feature narrative competition, Silver Star, El Gouna Film Festival, 2021. |
| 2023 | Sierra Madre | TV Series | Producer | |
| 2023 | Zafari | Feature film - In post producction | Producer | |
| 2023 | Wake of Umbra | Feature film - in producction | Producer | |
| 2023 | Death has no master | Feature film - in development | Producer |
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