Carlos
Reygadas

Carlos Reygadas Castillo is a Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes of love, suffering, death, and life's meaning are explored. After quitting the Mexican foreign service he made four short films in Belgium before filming Japón in 2002, which was presented at the Cannes in 2002, where it received a special mention for the Camera d’or. Reygadas premiered his second film, Battle in Heaven in 2005 in competitions at Cannes. Also at Cannes he was awarded the jury prize in 2007 for Silent Light, and the Best Director award for Post Tenebras Lux in 2012