SONREÍR
INSTITUTE: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
YEAR: 2019
LANGUAGE: Spanish
SYNOPSIS: Fabián Aguirre is a fanatic hitman of comedy. All his life he has admired the “Cuquis” Salgado, the last great Mexican comedian. Fabian’s boss, Gabino Mendoza, decides to eliminate the famous comedian because of an old debt. This will be a great problem for Fabian, since his respect and admiration for “Cuquis” is enormous. It will be at this moment that Fabian will make a decision that will change his life forever.
PROFILE: Born on September 24, 1990 (Port of Veracruz, MX), Francisco Fernández Andrew discovered himself interested in art, especially cinema, when he was pretty young. In 2011 he began his studies at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), where he started directing disparate short films and documentaries. In 2017 he joined the staff of the Ibero-American Center for Photo and Film Studies, the first film school founded in the Port of Veracruz.