Sergio Tovar Velarde (born 31 December 1982) is a Mexican film director. He directed the feature film Mi último día (aka Aurora Boreal) 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 IMDb
Feature films 2014 - Four Moons (México) 2011 - The Misfits (Los inadaptados) (Chat segment) (México) 2007 - My Last Day Aka Aurora Boreal (México)
Short films 2012 - Papi Florida (Cuba) 2011 - Jet Lag (Mexico) 2011 - Infinito (Mexico) 2010 - La femme qui pleure (Canada) 2008 - L'esprit hanté (Canada) 2007 - Edén (Mexico) 2006 - El joven Telarañas (Mexico) 2006 - El gusano (Mexico) 2005 - La voz de las cigarras (Mexico) 2003 - KCL, doce y cuarto (Mexico) 2001 - La danza de las salamandras (Mexico) 2000 - Carolina (Mexico)
Awards
Biarritz International Festival of Latin America Cinema YearCategoryFilmResultNotes 2007 Golden Sun Aurora Boreal Nominated
Cancún International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2007 Best Mexican Short Film EdénWon
Guadalajara International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2011 Audience Award Los InadaptadosWon2011 Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Film Los InadaptadosNominated2008 Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Film Aurora BorealNominated2007 Mayahuel Award – Best Mexican Short Film EdénNominated
Guanajuato International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2012 Midnight Madness Jet lagNominated2011 Midnight Madness InfinitoNominated2010 Best Mexican Short Film La femme qui pleureNominated2008 First Mexican Feature Film Aurora BorealNominated2007 Best Mexican Short Film EdénWon
Habana International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2012 Coral Award – Best Short Film Papi FloridaNominated
Huelva Latin American Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2005 Golden Colon – Best Short Film La voz de las cigarrasNominated
Kinoki Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2007 Best Short Film EdénNominated2007 Best Original Music EdénWon2007 Audience Award El joven telarañasWon
Mexican Cinema Journalists YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2007 Silver Goddess – Best Short Film EdénNominated2006 Silver Goddess – Best Short Film La voz de las cigarrasWon
Morelia International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2011 Best Mexican Short Film Jet lagNominated2008 Best Mexican Short Film EdénNominated2007 Best Mexican Short Film El gusanoNominated
New York Short Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2006 Integral Realization La voz de las cigarrasWon
Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2007 Best Film EdénNominated2007 Best Director EdénNominated2007 Best Editing EdénWon2007 Best Photography EdénWon2007 Best Script EdénNominated2007 Best Photography El joven telarañasNominated2007 Best Editing El joven telarañasNominated2007 Best Art Direction El joven telarañasNominated
San Sebastian International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2007 Horizons Award Aurora BorealNominated
Short Shorts Film Festival México YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2012 Best Mexican Short Film Jet lagNominated2010 Best Mexican Short Film La femme qui pleureNominated2008 Best Mexican Short Film EdénWon2007 Best Mexican Short Film El gusanoNominated2007 Best Mexican Short Film El joven telarañasNominated
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2008 Best Film Aurora BorealNominated
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResultNotes2006 Silver Award – Best Directing La voz de las cigarrasWon
Trivia - In 2002, he and the producer Edgar Barrón founded Atko Films in Mexico City, as a film production company. - In 2010, Tovar was included on Top Ten decade Nayarit people list.
References
External links
Vimeo Channel YouTube Channel Blog Atko Films Four Moons - Official Site My Last Day - Official Site The Misfits - Official Site