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Art Toys bits S1

Six chapters documentary serie, about an emergent art. Art Toys are characters based on Pop, Urban and Underground cultures, designed usually by profesional illustrators, visual artists and designers.

  • Miguel Méndez Díaz
    Director
  • Miguel Méndez Díaz
    Producer
  • Rafael Pantoja
    Key Cast
    "Frank Mysterio"
  • Uriel Rodríguez
    Key Cast
    "Bulbots"
  • Ericka Morales and Israel Isidro
    Key Cast
    "Sarukaku Studio"
  • Omar Ortega
    Key Cast
    "Veneno Toys"
  • Pablo López
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Ocio"
  • Hugo Morales
    Key Cast
    "HUMO"
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 13 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 20, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital FHD, Photo Stills
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Miguel Méndez Díaz

Miguel Méndez Díaz is a native of Mexico City.
His activity as a documentary maker began in 2002 with scripts for television documentaries about the painter Rodolfo Morales and the winning architect of the Pritzker Prize Luis Barragán (México, Canal Once TV).

Since then he has combined the production of documentaries with research on documentary film and teaching. He has made 13 documentaries about Architecture, Art and Design mainly, and on some sustainability issues, among which stand out Collecting Operation about the recycling of garbage in Mexico City (2014) and Living Walls (2017) on the problem of urban deforestation.

In 2016 he founded the documentary production company Filmandocs. His training as a documentary maker includes courses with Patricio Guzmán, and with the Universities Autonomous of Barcelona, Carlos III of Madrid and the University of Copenhagen. He graduated from the Writers School of SOGEM.

The spiritual needs (Mexico, 2017) is his first documentary feature film, and obtained the following distinctions:
Finalist Los Angeles Cinefest January 2018.
Official Selection Roma Prisma Film Festival 2019. Semifinalist Fest Pro Film Festival, Russia 2019.
Oficial Selection Budapest Film Festival 2023.

His most recent documentaries have obtained the following distinctions:

The Black Gold of Oaxaca (2024), it´s november finalist in Rome Prisma Film Festival, and candidate for annual prize.

Essay about Non-Future Cities (2024) have these recognitions:
· Kodaikanal International Film festival, Award winner in documentary in november 2024
· Stockholm City Film festival, finalist in 2024
· Istanbul International Architecture and urban Films Festival, Oficial selection in 2024

The Evolution of a Style (2023) official selection at 4 festivals and winner at 6 documentary film festivals.

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