Jorge Sistos Moreno

Jorge Sistos Moreno is a Mexican writer / director from Morelia, México. He is a proud alumnus of the Graduate Film MFA program at NYU. He studied Philosophy at UMICH and has been a fellow of FONCA, Jumex Contemporary Art Promotion, and several prestigious film fund awards including the Spike Lee Film Production Award for his thesis short In Freedom. Sistos Moreno is currently developing his debut feature film La Ausencia, which was accepted at the NEXT STEP 2022 Cannes Critic's week workshop. His work revolves around the mysticism of the Mexican province, magical realism, and the horror genre. Jorge's films have been screened at Cannes' Semaine de la Critique, Morelia, Olhar de Cinema, and Fantasia. Jorge was recently featured in Filmmaker Magazine's renowned annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film, and this year he is among the 10 international directors accepted with their projects at the Script Station of the Berlinale Talents 2023.