Cartucho

Biography of the director

Andrés Chaves Sánchez
Urbanist and filmmaker. He did his studies with support from Banco Santander, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He has coordinated urban development projects for Foster and Partners, Pitroda Group, UN-Habitat, the Mexico City government, GIZ, the City of Quito, UNAM and the University of Buenos Aires.

His first documentary project, La Hortúa earned the 2009 National Short Documentary Award from the City Hall of Bogota (production) and automatic incentives from the Fund for Cinematographic Development (FDC). La Hortúa participated in the editing workshop of the 2010 Talent Campus Buenos Aires, premiered in the short film competition at the 2011 Visions du Réel and has toured at such festivals as L'Alternativa, New Latin American Cinema, FILMAR, London Latin Film, among others. In 2017, he premiered his documentary Cartucho in the FID Marseille's international competition.