Carlos Reygadas

Carlos Reygadas became a lawyer in Mexico and specialized in Armed Conflict Law in London. He worked for the European Commission and was a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. Between 1998 and 1999 Reygadas made four shorts in Belgium learning film in a self-taught manner after being rejected from film school in Brussels.
In 2000 he shot his first feature film, Japón (Japan). The film was presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival and received a special mention for the Caméra d'Or Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, as well as several other prizes. He presented Batalla en el Cielo (Battle in Heaven) in 2005, which was selected for Competition in Cannes and won the FIPRESCI Prize at Río de Janeiro International Film Festival among others. In 2007 his film Stellet Licht (Silent Light) competed once more for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival winning the Jury Award. He also won the Grand Prize at Riga International Film Forum 'Arsenals', the Golden Colón at Huelva Latin American Film Festival, the Grand Coral – First Prize and Best Director at Havana Film Festival, the Gold Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival, the Jury Award at Bergen International Film Festival, among others.
In 2009 he made the installation Serenghetti and the short film "Este es mi reino" (This is my kingdom) for the long film Revolución directed by 10 Mexican filmmakers.
Post Tenebras Lux is his fourth feature film.

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