About
David Castañón Medina is a graduate of the National School of Cinematographic Arts (ENAC-UNAM) with a specialty in directing, as well as a degree in Design and Visual Communication with a focus on multimedia from the Faculty of Arts and Design (FAD-UNAM). His debut documentary No son Horas de Olvidar obtained the support of IMCINE through the Incentive Program for Film Creators for Project Development (2013) and the Fund for Quality Film Production (2017). The project was recognized with the EFD Award at the 12th Co-production Meeting of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, where the director was also part of the eighth edition of Talents Guadalajara. In 2020, No Son Horas de Olvidar premiered at the 18th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival. The following year, the film was recognized at the Viña del Mar International Film Festival with the FEISAL award; at the Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival with the award for Best Film; at the Madrid Film Festival, Ojo cojo with the Premio Guiño for Best Documentary; and with the Zanate Grand Prize award at the Zanate Mexican Documentary Film Festival. Likewise, the film has been part of the official selection of FICTU (Tulum), DOQUMENTA (Querétaro) and Escales Documentaires (France). His short documentary Días Distintos won the award for Best Mexican Documentary Short Film at the 6th edition of the DOCSMX festival and received an honorable mention in the category of Best Student Documentary at the 15th edition of the José Rovirosa Award. Since 2015 he has been related to teaching Documentary Language, Cinematography and Filmmaking content. He works as a director, editor and director of photography in documentaries, fiction projects, advertising and video clips.
