Carlos Reygadas

Carlos Reygadas (b. 1971, Mexico City) is a Mexican filmmaker acclaimed for his transcendental, sensorial cinema and radical formal experimentation. He emerged with Japón (2002, Cannes Caméra d’Or Special Mention), a meditation on mortality and spiritual yearning. Battle in Heaven (2005, Cannes competition) and Silent Light (2007, Cannes Jury Prize) deepened his exploration of faith, intimacy, and redemption through luminous landscapes and long takes. With Post Tenebras Lux (2012), he won Cannes Best Director for a daring, fragmented self-portrait. His latest, Our Time (2018, Venice competition), blends autobiography and fiction, confirming his signature mix of philosophical inquiry, visual audacity, and human vulnerability.