Zinebi 50 | Jury

Enrique Rivero

Enrique was born in Mexico in 1976. He studied Industrial Engineering and after working in the banking industry in Mexico and in the United States he decided to study cinema. He has worked in different areas related to the cinematographic production, from the photography to the art. As Director he has conducted two short films: Nidra and Schhht!. In February 2005 he worked as First Assistant of Direction in the feature film La Influencia, a film by Pedro Aguilera shown in the Director's Fortnight in Cannes. In 2008 his first feature film, Parque Vía, received several awards among which the Golden Leopard in the Locarno Film Festival, and the best Latin-American film and the audience award at the Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO).