Marc Vega
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Biography
José Diego Palacios Monjaraz is a digital journalist and filmmaker from León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Since 2023, he has worked at POPLab, in the Laboratory of Journalism and Public Opinion, where he develops investigative projects and audiovisual narratives. His journey in filmmaking began in 2017, when at the age of 15 he joined the film workshop at La Salle high school, taught by screenwriter Luis Gonzarroch. Since then, he has developed various film projects focused on social issues and documentary storytelling. In 2021, he won the award for Best Documentary Short Film at the university festival Cortocinema at La Salle with his work Del sentimiento no vamos a comer, which he created during his final year of high school. He has produced and directed multiple short films that have been screened in different states across Mexico and exhibited in five countries. In 2023 and 2024, he was invited to the National Student Film Festival (FENACIES), where he represented Mexico. He currently participates each year as an international jury member at FENACIES Uruguay and FENACIES Puerto Rico. His work has been featured in various media outlets, including TV4, the radio program Suena a Cine in Cuernavaca, the Morelos Institute of Radio and Television, Televisa Morelos, and Radio Tacuarembó in Uruguay, among other platforms dedicated to film promotion. In December 2024, he premiered the documentary Guanajuato: Disidencias y Diversidad, a medium-length film about LGBT activism in Guanajuato, produced in collaboration with CONNECTAS, an international journalism initiative based in Colombia that promotes investigative projects across Latin America.
Known For
In Guanajuato, Mexico, sexual and gender diversity activists, who have been fighting for two decades for rights such as marriage equality and the recognition of trans identities, face their greatest obstacle in a conservative society and a political party that has ruled for over 30 years, keeping the LGBTIQ+ community invisible.
Guanajuato: Dissent and Diversity
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Escuincles
In "Melissa", Luis helps his friend Martín wounded by a gunshot, confronting him about his actions. As they fight to survive, Luis begins to question Martín's true identity, revealing hidden layers of his friend and their relationship. A discovery that reveals that despite all barriers, friendship always prevails,
Melissa
Award-winning Best Documentary Short Film at the 2021 Cortocinema Festival at La Salle and the debut work of filmmaker Marc Vega. José takes us through his life as a truck driver, showcasing the adventures and challenges he and his truck have faced over the past 30 years.
Feelings Won’t Put Food on the Table
This is the story of how a lamb becomes birria—the first tale in the anthology Freak Animal.
Paulino the Lamb
In this emotional story, an individual tired of living repressed accepts her true identity as a transgender woman, however, she decides to hide it from her partner and when she discovers the truth, both are forced to face society's prejudices and reevaluate their relationship. Together, they will struggle for acceptance and happiness in a world that is often unkind to those who are different.