Federico CECCHETTI

Federico Cecchetti was born in Mexico City (1982). He studied film directing at CUEC- UNAM, Film School of the Mexican National University. He participated in an academic interchange at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografìa in Rome, Italy, (2009) where he finished his thesis short film Los Trashumantes. He has been supported twice by the FONCA (National Fund for Culture and Arts). He was alumni at the Berlinale Talent Campus (2010). He is writer and director of eight short films, screened in several International Film Festivals. He is co – founder of Agrupación Caramelo Cinematográfica, company in which he worked in two feature films: The beginning of Time (associated producer) and Dark Fire (executive producer). Mara´akames Dream is his first feature Film as a director and screen writer. Federico is currently writing his second film Letters from the Land of the Tarahumara at the Cinefondation’s Residence.

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