Eugenio Polgovsky

Eugenio Polgovsky Ezcurra, born in Mexico City in 1977, was a photographer, director, editor, and cinematographer who worked principally in nonfiction genres. He began his career as a self-taught photographer during various trips through Mexico, Poland, the United States and Canada. He later studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) in Mexico City, where he specialized in direction and cinematography. He made four long and medium-length films: Tropic of Cancer (2004), a portrait of people who live in communion with the cycles of nature; The Inheritors (2008); Mitote (2012) that takes place in Mexico where modern rituals clash with those of indigenous cultures; and Resurrection (2016) that deals with the ecological disasters transforming a legendary body of water in Mexico. Four films for which he received more than thirty awards in Mexico and worldwide, including the Joris Ivens Award at Cinéma du Réel, four Ariels from the Mexican Academy. He also directed and shot numerous short films. In 2007, he founded the production company Tecolote Films. He was the first ever filmmaker in residence at Trinity College, Cambridge (2015-2017).