Sergio Tovar Velarde

Sergio Tovar Velarde, (born 31 December 1982) is a Mexican film director. He directed the feature film Mi último día (aka Aurora Boreal) which was premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was released commercially in theaters in summer of 2009.

He is one of the filmmakers of The Misfits, alongside Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse and Jorge Ramírez Suárez.

Early life
Tovar was born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. He studied communications at Ibero-American University in Mexico City and film theory at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. He studied directing with well-known Polish film director Ludwik Margules.

In 2009, became FONCA's scholar. In 2009, 2006 and 2002 was FECAN's academic.

Career
Despite his early efforts for direct amateur short films, his first professional short film was not made until 1999: Carolina. In June, 2002; work besides Roberto Cobo in KCL, Doce y Cuarto and the film premiere became the last tribute for the actor.

Tovar has been directing short films in France, Canada, Cuba and Mexico; being selected and nominated on 70 film festivals. In 2008, his short film Edén became part of the Best of International Award-winning films in Cannes Short Film.

In 2011, Tovar direct The Misfits, a film composed of 4 contributions from different filmmakers. His last film is Four Moons

Filmography
Extracted from IMDb

Feature films

 * 2014 - Four Moons (México)
 * 2011 - The Misfits (Los inadaptados) (Chat segment) (México)
 * 2007 - My Last Day Aka Aurora Boreal (México)

Short films

 * 2012 - Papi Florida (Cuba)
 * 2011 - Jet Lag (Mexico)
 * 2011 - Infinito (Mexico)
 * 2010 - La femme qui pleure (Canada)
 * 2008 - L'esprit hanté (Canada)
 * 2007 - Edén (Mexico)
 * 2006 - El joven Telarañas (Mexico)
 * 2006 - El gusano (Mexico)
 * 2005 - La voz de las cigarras (Mexico)
 * 2003 - KCL, doce y cuarto (Mexico)
 * 2001 - La danza de las salamandras (Mexico)
 * 2000 - Carolina (Mexico)

Awards

 * Biarritz International Festival of Latin America Cinema


 * Cancún International Film Festival


 * Guadalajara International Film Festival


 * Guanajuato International Film Festival


 * Habana International Film Festival


 * Huelva Latin American Film Festival


 * Kinoki Film Festival


 * Mexican Cinema Journalists


 * Morelia International Film Festival


 * New York Short Film Festival


 * Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival


 * San Sebastian International Film Festival


 * Short Shorts Film Festival México


 * Toulouse Latin America Film Festival


 * WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Trivia

 * - In 2002, he and the producer Edgar Barrón founded Atko Films in Mexico City, as a film production company.
 * - In 2010, Tovar was included on Top Ten decade Nayarit people list.