Michel FRANCO was born in 1979 in Mexico City and has helped put Mexican cinema in the global spotlight. The films he has written, directed, and produced include "New Order" (Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival 2020) "Chronic" (Best Screenplay Award, Cannes Film Festival 2015), "April's Daughters" (Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2017), and "After Lucia" (Top Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2012).
Among the films he has produced are "600 Millas" (directed by Gabriel Ripstein, Best First Feature Award, Berlinale 2015) and "From Afar" (directed by Lorenzo Vigas, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2015). His most recent film, "Sundown", a drama starring Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg, premiered in Venice in 2021. "Memory" premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in September 2023.