Octavio Rivera Ramírez
Directing
Biography
In 2015 he enrolls to Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (ENAC). He has directed the fiction shortfilms A calzón quitado (2017) and Las Horas nómadas (2019). Besides, he has collaborated as editor, assistant director, mixer and sound designer in other shortfilms. From 2018 to 2020, he collaborated with the digital film magazine Icónica as a member of the editorial staff. The digital film magazine Correpondencias has also posted some film essays of him. In 2021 he directed the feature film No se puede acceder a este sitio, the winning project of the 2021 program Incubadora de grupos teatrales from teatro UNAM. Currently his film degree thesis Pormenores en el abismo is about to premiere.
Known For
A girl walking on the road hitchhikes with two boys in a van. They seem friendly; however, she is unaware of their true intentions. Simultaneously, an ex-convict faces quarantine in solitude. Soon, destiny will lead them to an unexpected encounter.
Particulars in the Abbys
Through their social media posts, we delve into the intertwined lives of Lu, Romi, and Violeta—three friends caught in the shadow of The Wave, a harrowing collective suicide phenomenon spreading like a contagion among young minds. As the event looms over their generation, their stories reveal the fragile connections and profound struggles that shape their lives in the face of an unthinkable reality.