Ulysse de Maximy
Directing
Known For

A ritual in the form of a film essay that explores, through collage, the sense of exile experienced during early childhood migration. It examines the primal configuration of detachment from one’s homeland, family environment, and body, and the reclamation of origins as a symbolic center.
Memory of a Displaced Body
Julian, an 18 years old young man, discovers for the firts time what love is. He is betrayed, learns to betray, to abandon and to love. We see his love life though three chapters: from the innocence of love to the abandonment of his daughter.
Julian

Crawlies is a soliloquy based on voice recordings of my schizophrenic uncle. An audiovisual exercise of mise en abyme that weaves a patchwork of memories from my childhood, of madness and desire.
Crawlies

Rebeca and Isabel are two teenage girls living in Ecatepec, Mexico State. They know all about the problems of gender violence and crime that afflict their hometown, but they have a solution.
The Girls Who Were Not Afraid

A group of African American students at the University of Arizona reveals the importance of political spaces within Universities in times of intolerance.
Being Seen

After finding a ticket, a young vagabond decides to go to the movie theatre. Right there, he will know the reality of watching a movie, and this will trigger a series of events that will change his life forever.
Matinee

A journey inward that delves into female identity, fragmenting and reinterpreting its representations, intervening in the images through stop-motion collage in search of freedom.
A Flock of Thunder

Amid the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ricardo, a young film student, grapples with heartbreak and family tensions. As reality unravels, he retreats into imagined versions of the film he’s struggling to create—blurring the line between his script and his life.
Ricardo Remix Feat. COVID-19

Vera and David kiss and undress clumsily and passionately to "watch a movie". Once the "movie" is over, David interrupts her with a terryfing image that threatens their future. Bad latex or human error?
Vera

Ana and Claudia get trapped in a bathroom during the military occupation of the university. Claudia is caught by a soldier, leaving Ana alone for days in the bathroom, trying to survive and find hope. Based on the experiences of Alcira Soust during the military occupation of Ciudad Universitaria during the movements of 1968.
We Are Still Here

An ancient fleet of paper boats is enslaved by the music of a record player; when it breaks down, the boats see an opportunity to rebel.
A Wooden Toy Dreamed of Paper Boats

The hands of a puppeteer control the bodies of two dancers who compete with each other.
Strings

An old lady cooks pozole for her granddaughter, blissfully unaware of the great battle being fought between the ingredients in the boiling pot. Kernels come to life to wage a war of culture and flavor. If we are what we eat, then Mexico is a never-ending clash between two worlds.
Pozolli
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Así como el océano genera olas

The documentary chronicles the journey of a stray dog as it arrives at a dog control center in Mexico City. It invites reflection on animal domestication, from each viewer's unique perspective.
Canis familiaris

A fragment in the life of a woman with sensory disturbances. The discontinuity in the perception of the temporal flow threatens the affirmation of our own existence.