Sergio Tovar Velarde
Sergio Tovar Velarde, is a Mexican film director. He directed the feature film Mi último día which was premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was released commercially in theaters in summer of 2009.
He is one of the filmmakers of The Misfits, alongside Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse and Jorge Ramírez Suárez.
Early life
Tovar was born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. He studied communications at Ibero-American University in Mexico City and film theory at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. He studied directing with well-known Polish film director Ludwik Margules.In 2009, became FONCA's scholar. In 2009, 2006 and 2002 was FECAN's academic.
Career
Despite his early efforts for direct amateur short films, his first professional short film was not made until 1999: Carolina. In June, 2002; work besides Roberto Cobo in KCL, Doce y Cuarto and the film premiere became the last tribute for the actor.Tovar has been directing short films in France, Canada, Cuba and Mexico; being selected and nominated on 70 film festivals. In 2008, his short film Edén became part of the Best of International Award-winning films in Cannes Short Film.
In 2011, Tovar direct The Misfits, a film composed of 4 contributions from different filmmakers. His last film is Four Moons
Filmography
Extracted from IMDbFeature films
Short films
Awards
;Biarritz International Festival of Latin America CinemaYear | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Golden Sun | Aurora Boreal | Nominated | - |
;Cancún International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Best Mexican Short Film | Edén | Won | - |
; Guadalajara International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2011 | Audience Award | Los Inadaptados | Won | - |
2011 | Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Film | Los Inadaptados | Nominated | - |
2008 | Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Film | Aurora Boreal | Nominated | - |
2007 | Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Short Film | Edén | Nominated | - |
;Guanajuato International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2012 | Midnight Madness | Jet lag | Nominated | - |
2011 | Midnight Madness | Infinito | Nominated | - |
2010 | Best Mexican Short Film | La femme qui pleure | Nominated | - |
2008 | First Mexican Feature Film | Aurora Boreal | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Mexican Short Film | Edén | Won | - |
;Habana International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2012 | Coral Award – Best Short Film | Papi Florida | Nominated | - |
;Huelva Latin American Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2005 | Golden Colon – Best Short Film | La voz de las cigarras | Nominated | - |
;Kinoki Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Best Short Film | Edén | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Original Music | Edén | Won | - |
2007 | Audience Award | El joven telarañas | Won | - |
;Mexican Cinema Journalists
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Silver Goddess – Best Short Film | Edén | Nominated | - |
2006 | Silver Goddess – Best Short Film | La voz de las cigarras | Won | - |
;:es:Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia|Morelia International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2011 | Best Mexican Short Film | Jet lag | Nominated | - |
2008 | Best Mexican Short Film | Edén | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Mexican Short Film | El gusano | Nominated | - |
;New York Short Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2006 | Integral Realization | La voz de las cigarras | Won | - |
;Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Best Film | Edén | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Director | Edén | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Editing | Edén | Won | - |
2007 | Best Photography | Edén | Won | - |
2007 | Best Script | Edén | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Photography | El joven telarañas | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Editing | El joven telarañas | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Art Direction | El joven telarañas | Nominated | - |
;San Sebastian International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2007 | Horizons Award | Aurora Boreal | Nominated | - |
;Short Shorts Film Festival México
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2012 | Best Mexican Short Film | Jet lag | Nominated | - |
2010 | Best Mexican Short Film | La femme qui pleure | Nominated | - |
2008 | Best Mexican Short Film | Edén | Won | - |
2007 | Best Mexican Short Film | El gusano | Nominated | - |
2007 | Best Mexican Short Film | El joven telarañas | Nominated | - |
;Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2008 | Best Film | Aurora Boreal | Nominated | - |
;WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Year | Category | Film | Result | Notes |
2006 | Silver Award – Best Directing | La voz de las cigarras | Won | - |