Antonio Méndez Esparza graduated in film direction from Columbia University. In 2009 his short film Time and Again (Una y Otra Vez, 2009) was chosen as a finalist for a Student Academy Award and won the main prize at the film festival in Los Angeles. The movie focuses on the character of a Mexican immigrant named Pedro who works in New Jersey and has plans to get ahead. Esparza is currently following up this successful short with his first feature Here and There, which was chosen this year to compete in the Critics’ Week at Cannes where it took the main prize. The character of laborer Pedro once again appears in the film, this time during his return home.
47. MFF Karlovy Vary
