Shandor Barcs
Mexican Photographer and Filmmaker
Shandor Barcs, 1985, mexican photographer and filmmaker. Has been awarded with the “Film Production” grant given by the Culture Institute of Morelos, Mexico. He has also been awarded twice the National Young Artists grant in Photography given by The National Fund for Culture and Arts, Mexico. His photographic series “Family from the Mist” was featured in the Tokyo International Photo Festival, and more than 20 other festivals including the Seoul Lunar Photo Fest in South Korea. His photographic work has been published by Mexican and international media, and exhibited in several countries.
As a filmmaker he has been part in several professional productions in different positions such as Director, Producer, Cinematographer and 1st AD. His work as a director has been selected in multiple festivals in America, Europe and Asia.
His personal work deals mainly with built scenes - Mise en scène- . Lighting takes a very important role in his narrative, and thematically he is interested in the exaltation of everyday life, absurdity, onirism, family issues and the exploration of the frontier between fiction and documentary.
In 2017, he started the very first professional Film School “IMA” located in his hometown, Cuernavaca, Morelos aiming for the education and professionalization of young mexican filmmakers. He’s currently a full time director in this institution.
As of 2020, he has been working as a professional colorist grading feature films, videoclips and other audiovisual projects.
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