Round table with the directors. Short Films 'A 50 años del 68'
In 1968, when the first Olympic Games were held in Mexico, which was also the first in a Latin American country, a student movement demanding dialogue with the government was brutally repressed, culminating in the Tlatelolco massacre at the hands of the army. In 2018, to commemorate the 50 years of these events, various activities were developed. One of them was the production of six short films with the theme: "50 years of 68 in Mexico City." The shorts were supported by la Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, through the Fideicomiso for the Promoción y Desarrollo del Cine Mexicano in the Distrito Federal (PROCINEDF), and made by young filmmakers, who, with total freedom of narrative — some within the fiction, others from the documentary — created these cinematographic pieces with the intention of projecting new light on those dramatic events in Mexican history.
Eduardo Herrera
Filmmaker Eduardo Herrera Fernández was born in Mexico City and studied Social Anthropology and Graphic and Industrial Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) as well as the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), where he graduated as a Cinematographic Director. He has made several documentary films about history, archeology, plastic arts, nature, endangered species, travel and adventure. In addition, he has worked in Mexican cinema, directing 13 seasons of the TV series “Cine-secuencias TV”, produced by the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE), about current Mexican and Iberoamerican cinematography in Mexico.
Paula de Gortari
Paula de Gortari graduated in Industrial Engineering from UNAM. She was awarded the Gabino Barreda medal and received an Honorable Mention. She has studied numerous graduate and specialty courses, including the Diploma in Project Evaluation and Management at the University of California at Irvine. She has held various management positions both in Mexico and in the United States. She collaborated with the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and in various institutions such as Bancomext, APPI Corporation and The Learning Trust. She worked at UNAM San Antonio for four years in charge of organizing cultural activities and the academic extension. She is currently the director of UNAM Los Ángeles, a position she has held since 2014.