Luis Medel Hernández
Directing
Biography
Luis Medel Hernández is a Mexican-born filmmaker, specialised in cinematography. He has worked in short films as a DoP such as “Esperando al viento” by Emiliano Reyes which was picked by Moira Pictures and is currently in the process of distribution; and other works that have been part of We:Now film festival such as: “Hotel de Bichos” co-directed and co-photographed with Milena Fernandez. His main theme as a director is queer-gay experience and its relationship with love and identity.
Known For
An injured stranger comes to a peasant family that lives in isolation, announcing that he can help them find water, as a drought threatens them.
Venus no es Santo
One day, young Li Na receives a call. It's from her little brother, who's home alone, waiting for his father to return. He's been gone for days and hasn't given any further signs of life. With the successive calls, the tension grows, as does Li Na's need to help, despite the insurmountable distance that separates them. Roberta Chávez breaks down the boundaries between social drama and urban thriller in a film that radiates a serene nostalgia.
El otro lugar
The day after his father's funeral, Manuel waits for the arrival of his sister Olalla, with whom he has not spoken in more than twenty years. Twenty years since their mother died, at which time she left home without warning and never returned. Olalla returns with the subconscious idea of understanding his brother's decision to condemn his life to staying in that remote place in rural Galicia, a question that he does not even consider.
Under the Chestnut Tree
Images of a young boy performing in his room in front of the camera to his sexchat audience intertwines with images of masked-men cruising in the darkness. The piece focuses on the psychological and physical suffering of the protagonist.
Crushing
Bruno, a Colombian boy who lives in Madrid, has to stay alone in the city during the summer due to visa problems, while all his friends They leave the city and their entire family is in Mexico. To earn money to survive, and with the hope of finally getting his papers, he starts to work in a factory, where he begins to perceive sexual tension with his boss. This power relationship will bring Bruno bad memories of his past.
Inside of me
It is the story of a moneyless middle-aged magician whose life takes an unexpected turn when a little girl who seems to have supernatural abilities, truly "magical" powers, begins to appear frequently in his garden, causing him to rethink his profession, his vision of magic and, ultimately, his life.
Lights in the distance
A father grieves the loss of his son.