Ernesto Contreras

Ernesto Contreras

Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1969, he is a graduate from the Center for Studies in Communication Sciences and later from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 2007, his first feature, Blue Eyelids, is nominated to the Caméra d'Or of the 60th Cannes Film Festival as part of the official selection of the International Critics' Week. The film participates in many festivals and receives, among others, the award for Best Ibero-American Film, Best Screenplay and the Mezcal Award in the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Ariel for Best First Feature and the Special Jury Award at Sundance and Miami, both in 2008. His feature documentary Being: Café Tacvba premiers in 2010, a film on the 20th anniversary of Mexico's most important rock band. And in 2015 his third film hits the theaters, The Obscure Spring, winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance, awarded to the main cast, at the 32nd Miami International Film Festival. It also won three Ariel awards (editing, music and sound) and was nominated in seven other categories by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. In 2016, he directed the episode "Eroticism", starring Irène Jacob, part of the feature film Tales of Mexico, produced by Machete Producciones. His latest film, I Dream in Another Language, a project that received the Sundance Institute / Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award, and supported by the National System of Creators, received the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2017. Alongside his filmmaking, Contreras has been General Director for documentary series for NatGeo and HBO.

  • Title: Ernesto Contreras
  • Popularity: 1.105
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-10-17
  • Place of Birth: Veracruz, Mexico
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Ernesto Contreras Movies

  • 2007
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    Blue Eyelids

    Blue Eyelids

    7.2 2007 HD

    Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The...

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  • 2023
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    Dad or Mom

    Dad or Mom

    7 2023 HD

    Florencia and Vicente are getting divorced. When both are promoted at their jobs, they will do anything in order to do not keep custody of their...

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  • 2012
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    The Convict Patient

    The Convict Patient

    1 2012 HD

    On February th 1970, Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried to assassinate the Mexican President to avenge the Tlatelolco massacre from October...

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  • 2014
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    The Obscure Spring

    The Obscure Spring

    6.9 2014 HD

    Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to...

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  • 2010
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    Continue Being: Café Tacvba

    Continue Being: Café Tacvba

    6.5 2010 HD

    A rock band traveling many places of the world, and on planes, buses, in hotels and dressing rooms we discover the creative process that brings them...

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  • 2007
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    Blue Eyelids

    Blue Eyelids

    7.2 2007 HD

    Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The...

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  • 2007
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    Blue Eyelids

    Blue Eyelids

    7.2 2007 HD

    Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The...

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  • 2023
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    Dad or Mom

    Dad or Mom

    7 2023 HD

    Florencia and Vicente are getting divorced. When both are promoted at their jobs, they will do anything in order to do not keep custody of their...

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  • 2017
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    Tales of Mexico

    Tales of Mexico

    5.3 2017 HD

    The space will be witness of dreams, hopes, disappointments and dramatic destinies of its residents, delivering an intimate human history of Mexico...

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  • 2017
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    I Dream in Another Language

    I Dream in Another Language

    7.9 2017 HD

    An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years....

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  • 2010
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    Continue Being: Café Tacvba

    Continue Being: Café Tacvba

    6.5 2010 HD

    A rock band traveling many places of the world, and on planes, buses, in hotels and dressing rooms we discover the creative process that brings them...

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  • 2023
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    Where the Tracks End

    Where the Tracks End

    8.2 2023 HD

    Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.

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  • 2023
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    Where the Tracks End

    Where the Tracks End

    8.2 2023 HD

    Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.

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  • 2003
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    Los No Invitados

    Los No Invitados

    1 2003 HD

    After years of suffering from a sleep disorder, Asunción turns to a specialist who will help her discover the causes of her insomnia.

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  • 2021
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    Impossible Things

    Impossible Things

    8.436 2021 HD

    After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor.

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  • 2003
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    The Miracle

    The Miracle

    1 2003 HD

    A miracle is about to happen, Margarita, like everyone wants to attend, but Alfonso, her husband, believes that everything is a sham.

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  • 1997
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    5.5 1997 HD

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.7 1970 HD

    Pascual León, a retired 65-year-old man, finds out how to give meaning to his last days after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's: to avenge a...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    7.5 1970 HD

    A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.1 1970 HD

    Héctor Belascoarán leaves his corporate job and dull marriage to become an independent detective and tackle shocking criminal cases in...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    2 1970 HD

    Heroes Cotidianos is a series of six episodes recounting the stories of real people who happen to have become true heroes of our time and of their...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.8 1970 HD

    Snapshot of the sophisticated and exclusive gay nightlife of one of the most emblematic clubs in 1980s’ Mexico City, where people living under...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.037 1970 HD

    When a young boy arrives in a small Mexican village, an unlikely friendship blossoms with a local kid — and a dark secret seals their bond...

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  • 1970
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    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.037 1970 HD

    When a young boy arrives in a small Mexican village, an unlikely friendship blossoms with a local kid — and a dark secret seals their bond...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E13

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    7.5 1970 HD

    A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    8.8 1970 HD

    Snapshot of the sophisticated and exclusive gay nightlife of one of the most emblematic clubs in 1980s’ Mexico City, where people living under...

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