Director: Yulene Olaizola

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Birthday: 1983-06-13
Born in: Mexico City, Mexico
Biography: YULENE OLAIZOLA. (Mexico City, 1983) Her first film, the documentary “Shakespeare & Victor Hugo´s Intimacies” received more than 30 awards, including San Sebastian, BAFICI, IDFA & La Habana, it was also awarded with the Ariel for best Mexican first film. Her second film “Artificial Paradises” was supported by the Tribeca Film Institute and the Hubert Bals Fund, it was premiered at Rotterdam IFFR in 2010. “Fogo" her third film, was presented at the Director ́s Fortnight in Cannes in 2012. In 2015, she premiered “Epitaph” a co-direction with Ruben Imaz. Her fifth film “Tragic Jungle “ is currently in post-production.

Known for

Tragic Jungle

Deep in the jungle, a group of Mexican gum workers crosses their path with Agnes, a mysterious Belizean woman. Her presence enlivens the fantasies and desires of those men, without knowing that they have woken up an ancient Mayan legend.
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Tragic Jungle

2020

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I Saw Three Black Lights

A wise old man embarks on his final journey, entering the Colombian jungle to find a place to die. But the paramilitary soldiers who control the area endanger his peaceful transition to the realm of the dead.
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I Saw Three Black Lights

2025

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Epitaph

Three Spanish conquistadors, Captain Diego de Ordaz, Gonzalo and Pedro, march to the summit of the great volcano Popocatepetl.
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Epitaph
Fogo

The deterioration of a small community in Fogo Island is forcing its inhabitants to leave and resettle. Places once occupied by humans are now becoming part of the tundra landscape. In spite of a condemn future, there are some residents who decide to remain, holding on to their memories and grieving for the past, when life in Fogo was different.
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Fogo