Aarón Fernández Lesur movie list

Aaron Fernandez is a Mexican filmmaker. He has worked as a screenwriter, director and producer in several projects for cinema and TV. He is also script consultant and professor. He actually lives in São Paulo, but works between Mexico and Brazil. He directed four short films and several Ad films previous to his debut feature film "Partes usadas" (Used Parts) 2007, which premiered 40 festivals round the globe and won several prizes. In 2013 he directed the first five episodes of the TV series "Alguien mas" coproduction between Canal 11 and Canana Films starring Ana Serradilla and Fernando Álvarez. His second film "Las horas muertas" (The Empty Hours) 2013, has just been completed and won the Prize for Best Artistic Contribution in the Tokyo Film Festival, and the Best Actress Prize for Adriana Paz and Special Jury Mention in the Morelia FF.

The Empty Hours

6.5SpainFranceMexico2014DramaRomance

The second film from Aarón Fernández is a Spain-Mexico-France co-production already screened as part of Films in Progress at the 60th edition of the Festival. On the desolate coast of Veracruz, young Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's motel single-handed, renting rooms by the hour. That's how he meets Miranda, a regular customer who goes there to wait for a lover who often arrives late, sparking a fleeting game of seduction between the two.