Alejandro de Icaza

Filmes

Red Shoes
Producer
At a remote location in the mountains of Mexico lives Artemio, a farmer who is watching the desolate plot of land on which he works and his life itself slip from his fingers. When he receives shocking news, he decides to set off for the city in search of deliverance, but finds himself having to deal with a brutal world that is completely unknown to him.
Sundown
Supervising Sound Editor
Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) e Neil (Tim Roth) são dois irmãos bilionários passando as férias em Acapulco com os filhos dela. No entanto, eles recebem a ligação de que a mãe, dona dos negócios familiares, morreu. Alice entra em desespero e faz as malas para retornar à Inglaterra. Neil, por sua vez, decide que não voltará ao seu país - talvez nunca mais. Um filme de Michel Franco. Indicado ao Leão de Ouro (Melhor Filme) no Festival de Veneza 2021. Seleção também dos Festivais de Toronto, Londres, Chicago e Palm Springs.
The Other Tom
Producer
Elena is a single mother dependant on Social Services. Her son Tom has behaviour issues and is stigmatised at school as a "problem child". An absent father further complicates their difficult relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and given psychiatric medication, but a strange accident alerts his mother as to their side effects. When she refuses to continue administering the drugs to him, Social Services threaten to take Tom from her.
Throw Everything Into Play
Sound Designer
Ismael, a 12 year old boy, dreams to become a professional baseball player but he is asthmatic. One night, while approaching the girl he loves, he witnesses a crime.
Nova Ordem
Sound Designer
Um casamento de famílias da alta-sociedade é interrompido pela chegada de inesperados convidados. Mas o que havia começado com uma série de protestos nos subúrbios de cidades mexicanas, acaba levando a uma violenta e opressora nova ordem.
As Três Mortes de Marisela
Sound Designer
Este documentário acompanha a jornada incansável de uma mãe para capturar o assassino da filha e expõe as falhas do sistema judiciário do México.
Workforce
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Francisco was building a luxurious house in Mexico where a fatal accident caused the death of his brother. When Francisco learns that his widowed sister-in-law will not receive a compensation from the opulent owner of the house, he will seek justice.
Retreat
Sound
Marina and Perla join thousands of women on an annual Catholic pilgrimage. Perla's coming of age accentuates a generational divide as she struggles to assert her independence as a woman.
Modern Loves
Producer
A fateful day reunites an estranged family in Mexico City, where a chain of events shifts their romantic relationships and uncovers a monumental secret.
Chicuarotes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cagalera e Moloteco são dois adolescentes que moram no humilde bairro de San Gregorio, no México, e que, em um esforço desesperado, buscam fugir das circunstâncias oprimidas em que vivem. Quando eles escutam sobre uma oportunidade de mudar suas vidas, acabam entrando no mundo criminoso da Cidade do México para comprarem sua liberdade.
Perfectos desconocidos
Sound Designer
A group of longtime friends get together for dinner. When they decide to share the content of every text message, email, and phone call they receive, secrets are unveiled and the balance is upset.
History Lessons
Sound Designer
Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful life: she has grownup children, grandchildren and a less than perfect marriage. This dynamic seems to be the only thing she can hold on to, as she battles a terminal illness. As she reluctantly accepts her fate, she meets Eva, an irreverent and misunderstood new student who unknowingly injects some life and enthusiasm back into her and provides her with the tools to deal with her destiny.
History Lessons
Sound Mixer
Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful life: she has grownup children, grandchildren and a less than perfect marriage. This dynamic seems to be the only thing she can hold on to, as she battles a terminal illness. As she reluctantly accepts her fate, she meets Eva, an irreverent and misunderstood new student who unknowingly injects some life and enthusiasm back into her and provides her with the tools to deal with her destiny.
The Voice of a Dream
Sound Mixer
At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.
The Voice of a Dream
Sound Designer
At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.
O Eterno Feminino
Supervising Sound Editor
Rosario Castellanos is an introverted university student who doesn't seem to belong to her time. In the early 1950s in Mexico City, she is fighting to have voice heard in a society run by men. She is about to become one of the biggest female writers in Mexican literature, but her tumultuous love story with Ricardo Guerra will manifest her fragility and contradictions. At the peak of her career and her marriage, she will ignite a discussion that will mark a turning point in her life.
How to Break Up with Your Douchebag
Supervising Sound Editor
This comedy takes its cue from such female-centered films as "Bridesmaids" and "Trainwreck." Pic centers on a woman who makes a living from breaking up couples and decides to take on the task of splitting up her sister's relationship with her jerk of a boyfriend.
How to Break Up with Your Douchebag
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
This comedy takes its cue from such female-centered films as "Bridesmaids" and "Trainwreck." Pic centers on a woman who makes a living from breaking up couples and decides to take on the task of splitting up her sister's relationship with her jerk of a boyfriend.
Alba
Supervising Sound Editor
Alba, 11 years old, passes her days in silence. She loves little animals. She has learned to cope with her mother's illness, helping her to use the bathroom. Alba plays silently so that her mother can rest during the day. One night Alba's mother gets worse, and has to be taken to the hospital. With no one else to take care of her, Alba is sent to live with her father, who she hasn't seen since she was three years old. Living with her father is almost unbearable. Embarrassment, her first kiss, visits to mother in the hospital, Edgar's tender efforts to get close to her, and bullying at school; these are some of the experiences that pave Alba's journey to puberty and to self-acceptance.
Charity
Sound Mixer
Angélica and José Luis have been married for thirty years and they have always lived at the same house; first with their son, Daniel, and now, by themselves. Their daily routine is threatened when José Luis loses a leg in a car accident. When they try to restructure their life, they realize their relation was already fractured and opt for silence. However, they begin a passionate search for all they have lost. José Luis takes refuge in a sexual fantasy about his young nurse, while Angélica tries to remain just as contained as she always has for so many years.
Charity
Sound Designer
Angélica and José Luis have been married for thirty years and they have always lived at the same house; first with their son, Daniel, and now, by themselves. Their daily routine is threatened when José Luis loses a leg in a car accident. When they try to restructure their life, they realize their relation was already fractured and opt for silence. However, they begin a passionate search for all they have lost. José Luis takes refuge in a sexual fantasy about his young nurse, while Angélica tries to remain just as contained as she always has for so many years.
600 Milhas
Supervising Sound Editor
Arnulfo (Kristyan Ferrer) é um jovem traficante de armas mexicano que trabalha para um cartel de drogas. O que ele não sabe é que está sendo vigiado pelo agente americano Hank Harris (Tim Roth) da ATF, uma organização conhecida por seus métodos duvidosos. Mas quando Harris comete um erro fatal, Arnulfo entra em pânico, decidindo fazer o agente de réfem e entregá-lo para seus clientes no México. Na viagem, porém, os dois acabam criando um forte laço, enquanto o destino final só se aproxima.
600 Milhas
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arnulfo (Kristyan Ferrer) é um jovem traficante de armas mexicano que trabalha para um cartel de drogas. O que ele não sabe é que está sendo vigiado pelo agente americano Hank Harris (Tim Roth) da ATF, uma organização conhecida por seus métodos duvidosos. Mas quando Harris comete um erro fatal, Arnulfo entra em pânico, decidindo fazer o agente de réfem e entregá-lo para seus clientes no México. Na viagem, porém, os dois acabam criando um forte laço, enquanto o destino final só se aproxima.
600 Milhas
Music Supervisor
Arnulfo (Kristyan Ferrer) é um jovem traficante de armas mexicano que trabalha para um cartel de drogas. O que ele não sabe é que está sendo vigiado pelo agente americano Hank Harris (Tim Roth) da ATF, uma organização conhecida por seus métodos duvidosos. Mas quando Harris comete um erro fatal, Arnulfo entra em pânico, decidindo fazer o agente de réfem e entregá-lo para seus clientes no México. Na viagem, porém, os dois acabam criando um forte laço, enquanto o destino final só se aproxima.
Pozoamargo
Sound Designer
Jesús, a middle-aged man, finds out that he suffers from a venereal disease. Feeling guilty, he abandons his pregnant wife and flees to the countryside. In Pozoamargo, a small village lost in the middle of nowhere, he works as a grape harvester, living a simple existence, until he meets Gloria, a peculiar young woman.
Yo
Sound Designer
"Me" is a is a teenager in the body of an adult, a simple being of spirit. He lives and works at his mother's restaurant; "Me" loves his mom and he is loved by everyone, especially Elena, her friend of 11 years. "Me" detests Pady, the man who sleeps with his mother. Sometimes, "Me" sees shadows on people and he knows that means they are going to die.
Sand Dollars
Sound Designer
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
Sand Dollars
Supervising Sound Editor
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
Sand Dollars
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
Chuy, The Wolf Man
Supervising Sound Editor
A biography movie directed by Eva Aridjis with Jesus Aceves. Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare condition of congenital hypertrichosis.
Chuy, The Wolf Man
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
A biography movie directed by Eva Aridjis with Jesus Aceves. Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare condition of congenital hypertrichosis.
Demon Inside
Musician
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk her again. As soon as she released from the asylum, she moves to Monica's uncle apartment. There, she feels safe. But soon, she has trouble with her crazy neighbors. And if this wasn't enough, a spectrum starts to haunt her, making her life impossible. Marta will have to fight against all these difficulties and manage to get her gift back before Mario finds her.
Demon Inside
Supervising Sound Editor
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk her again. As soon as she released from the asylum, she moves to Monica's uncle apartment. There, she feels safe. But soon, she has trouble with her crazy neighbors. And if this wasn't enough, a spectrum starts to haunt her, making her life impossible. Marta will have to fight against all these difficulties and manage to get her gift back before Mario finds her.
Demon Inside
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk her again. As soon as she released from the asylum, she moves to Monica's uncle apartment. There, she feels safe. But soon, she has trouble with her crazy neighbors. And if this wasn't enough, a spectrum starts to haunt her, making her life impossible. Marta will have to fight against all these difficulties and manage to get her gift back before Mario finds her.
Demon Inside
Compositors
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk her again. As soon as she released from the asylum, she moves to Monica's uncle apartment. There, she feels safe. But soon, she has trouble with her crazy neighbors. And if this wasn't enough, a spectrum starts to haunt her, making her life impossible. Marta will have to fight against all these difficulties and manage to get her gift back before Mario finds her.
The Life After
Foley
Samuel y Rodrigo comienzan un viaje en busca de su madre quien desaparece de manera extraña, dejando una nota en la mesa, que dice: Tuve que salir. Mamá. La relación entre los hermanos se vuelve tensa y se fractura conforme viajan por el paisaje desértico siguiendo pistas basadas en recuerdos de su infancia. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Life After
Sound Editor
Samuel y Rodrigo comienzan un viaje en busca de su madre quien desaparece de manera extraña, dejando una nota en la mesa, que dice: Tuve que salir. Mamá. La relación entre los hermanos se vuelve tensa y se fractura conforme viajan por el paisaje desértico siguiendo pistas basadas en recuerdos de su infancia. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Life After
Sound Designer
Samuel y Rodrigo comienzan un viaje en busca de su madre quien desaparece de manera extraña, dejando una nota en la mesa, que dice: Tuve que salir. Mamá. La relación entre los hermanos se vuelve tensa y se fractura conforme viajan por el paisaje desértico siguiendo pistas basadas en recuerdos de su infancia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Heights
Original Music Composer
Acordada à meia-noite, Miwi é encarregada de uma missão estranha: levar a irmã Juliana de carro para um lugar onde ela ficará livre de um perigo iminente. Cheias de culpa e temendo por sua segurança, elas ficam mais próximas com essa experiência.
Heights
Supervising Sound Editor
Acordada à meia-noite, Miwi é encarregada de uma missão estranha: levar a irmã Juliana de carro para um lugar onde ela ficará livre de um perigo iminente. Cheias de culpa e temendo por sua segurança, elas ficam mais próximas com essa experiência.
Heights
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Acordada à meia-noite, Miwi é encarregada de uma missão estranha: levar a irmã Juliana de carro para um lugar onde ela ficará livre de um perigo iminente. Cheias de culpa e temendo por sua segurança, elas ficam mais próximas com essa experiência.
Lopez Street
Sound mixer
In the eyes of a foreigner practically any street of Mexico City’s Centro Histórico holds potential for a film. Life on the street deserves more than just the natural condition of observer anyone could have, it demands an extra attention. In a 100-meter radius, the sociological exuberance of the events going on is simply impossible to ignore. The street is a mise en scène in itself.
Carmita
Sound Editor
Nearly half a century ago, Carmen Ignarra arrived to Mexico after leaving behind her Cuban homeland, in the hopes of becoming the greatest Caribbean actress in Hollywood. But the American dream tur- ned out to be more difficult than she’d thought, and her brief initial success was followed by a slow, painful decline. Today, at 80, the woman who was once Cuba’s most beautiful actress lives totally forgotten in an old mansion in Monterrey. There she survives thanks to her tenants—strange men who she is constantly blaming for mysterious thefts and disappearances. Laura, a young woman also from the Caribbean, arrives at the mansion to work as an assistant in cleaning and housekeeping. With her she brings a video camera and the secret intention of making a documentary about the diva. Together they talk about the past, about wasted talent and lost loves.
Never Die
Original Music Composer
Chayo returns to her hometown to care for her elderly mother and cope with her death. Surrounded by love and sublime beauty, Chayo has to give up something that as a woman and mother is inalienable. That will be the price of her freedom.
Alma & Esperanza
Mixing Engineer
Alma is a nine year old girl living in an urban environment in the U.S.. When she loses her mother, she has to travel to her grandmother Esperanza in an indigenous village in Mexico.
A Demora
Sound Designer
María é uma mãe solteira, de meia idade e com três filhos. Ela nunca está sozinha, toma conta de todos, dorme pouco e trabalha demais. Augustín é seu pai, que está senil e sabe disso. Uma visita de María ao escritório de previdência social revela que ela é muito pobre para colocar seu pai em um asilo, porém muito rica para receber benefícios. Ela pensa numa solução cruel: abandonar seu pai em uma praça. Augustín espera então pelo demorado retorno da filha.
Vacant Spaces
Music
Two women live awaiting the return of their husbands from across the border, where they went seeking fortune. During their long wait, each one tries to find a way to deal with the absence.
Gaturro: The Movie
Supervising Sound Editor
Gaturro always gets into trouble, and his master doesn't know what to do with him. Gaturro's heart belongs to Agatha, the most unpleasant cat of the town. His several attempts to conquer her love come to a halt when she meets Michou, a young, handsome cat from an aristocratic background.
Gaturro: The Movie
Sound Effects Editor
Gaturro always gets into trouble, and his master doesn't know what to do with him. Gaturro's heart belongs to Agatha, the most unpleasant cat of the town. His several attempts to conquer her love come to a halt when she meets Michou, a young, handsome cat from an aristocratic background.
Gaturro: The Movie
Sound Director
Gaturro always gets into trouble, and his master doesn't know what to do with him. Gaturro's heart belongs to Agatha, the most unpleasant cat of the town. His several attempts to conquer her love come to a halt when she meets Michou, a young, handsome cat from an aristocratic background.
Gaturro: The Movie
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gaturro always gets into trouble, and his master doesn't know what to do with him. Gaturro's heart belongs to Agatha, the most unpleasant cat of the town. His several attempts to conquer her love come to a halt when she meets Michou, a young, handsome cat from an aristocratic background.
Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred
Original Music Composer
Tambo Macaw, an overweight macaw who works as a janitor at the Central Intelligentus Animalus (CIA), dreams of becoming a secret agent. His opportunity arises when he is assigned by mistake the most important mission in the agency's history: stop the wicked plans of Mama Bear and her evil organization. Tambo is helped by Jack Tortoise, an old turtle that's in charge of the advanced technology lab in the agency and is one of Tambo's few friends.
Via Park
Music
Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which could seem suffocating for most people, whereas for him it provides a safe and stable environment, in contrast to the threatening outside world. He has develop a pathological fear for this world, to the point of limiting his contacts to only two persons: the lady of the house, for whom he has a feeling of deep gratitude and respect that is translated into obedience; and Lupe, a friend, a confident and a lover. Once he learns that the house has been sold, Beto is confronted to the dilemma of gathering the courage to get out and get a life or find a way of remaining in his confinement.