Rodrigo Álvarez Flores grew up in Tijuana México, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Filmmaking at the University of Baja California which projected his first short film, Luciano (2012). Furthermore, his film thesis Memín: Portrait of a Boxer participated in dozens of Film Festivals including the Havana Film Festival and won the San Diego Latino Film Festival and the José Rovirosa award Honorable Mention in 2014. He then made his second short film Viaggio (2014) which won the award for best short at the “Discover Baja Festival” organized by the Film Comission of Baja California. The Other Side – Al otro lado (2016) is the winner of the 1st regional production fund produced by the Mexican Institute of Cinema (IMCINE). The recognition of his personal style of portraying this LGBT boarder love story is based on the script for his feature film titled Al Norte (Up North).
Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
