Michelle Garza Cervera

Michelle Garza Cervera is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-23 |title=Game Changer: ¿Quién es Michelle Garza Cervera, la nueva joya del cine en México? |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/bloomberg-businessweek/2022/07/23/game-changer-quien-es-michelle-garza-cervera-la-nueva-joya-del-cine-en-mexico/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=El Financiero |language=es}} Garza obtained the Chevening scholarship to pursue a master's degree in Film Direction at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=Garza Cervera; Michelle |url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/realizadores/garza-cervera-michelle |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Morelia Film Fest}}

Her short films have been selected in more than 100 international film festivals, such as Fantastic Fest, the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, among others.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Cine Qua Non Lab — Michelle Garza Cervera (México) |url=https://cqnl.org/es/bio/michelle-garza-cervera-es/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Cine Qua Non Lab |language=es-ES}} Garza also directed three episodes for the series Marea alta, which premiered in September 2020 on Vix+.

In 2022, Michelle Garza Cervera released her directorial debut film: Huesera: The Bone Woman, a supernatural body horror film. The film tells the story of a woman who, after becoming pregnant, is attacked by a sinister entity.{{Cite web |last= |title=‘Huesera’, de Michelle Garza Cervera, y el terror de la maternidad |url=https://www.imcine.gob.mx/Pagina/Noticia/huesera--de-michelle-garza-cervera--y-el-terror--de-la-maternidad |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=IMCINE |language=en}}

In March 2023, the Sundance Institute announced Michelle Garza as a fifth-generation recipient of the Momentum Fellowship, which offers support to filmmakers from underrepresented groups.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=2023 Sundance Institute Momentum Fellows Announced |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/strong2023-sundance-institute-momentum-fellows-announcedstrong/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Sundance Institute |language=en-US}}

Garza Cervera is bisexual.{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Gary M. |date=2023-02-07 |title=Q&A with ‘Huesera’ director Michelle Garza Cervera |url=https://gaycitynews.com/qa-huesera-director-michelle-garza-cervera/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=gaycitynews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Huesera's Director On Why Her Queer, Folk Horror Film Is About Freedom |url=https://news.yahoo.com/hueseras-director-why-her-queer-192542908.html |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=news.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}

Huesera: The Bone Woman premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York, USA, where the director won the award for Best New Narrative Direction and the Nora Ephron Award, which recognizes filmmakers with a unique voice.{{Cite web |title=Directora mexicana triunfa en el Festival de Tribeca |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/directora-mexicana-triunfa-en-el-festival-de-tribeca/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=El Universal |language=es}}

At the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain, the film won the award for Best Ibero-American Film, while Michelle Garza won the Citizen Kane award for new director.{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Milenio |date=2022-10-18 |title=Huesera. Película de directora mexicana gana premio en Sitges |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/cine/huesera-pelicula-directora-mexicana-gana-premio-sitges |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es-MX}} In 2022, Garza Cervera also won Best Director at the Feratum International Fantastic Film Festival, where the film won the Audience Award and the Feratum Tower for Best Horror Feature Film in the Ibero-American Section.{{Cite web |last=Medina |first=Úrsula |title=Huesera gana tres premios en el Festival de Cine Fantástico Feratum |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/cultura/cine/huesera-tres-premios-en-el-festival-de-cine-fantastico-feratum-9186695.html |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=El Sol de México {{!}} Noticias, Deportes, Gossip, Columnas |language=es}}

At the 20th Morelia International Film Festival, Huesera won the Audience Award for Best Mexican Feature Film.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-29 |title=¡El FICM premió a lo mejor de su 20ª edición! |url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/el-ficm-premio-lo-mejor-de-su-20a-edicion |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Morelia International Film Festival |language=es}} It also won Best Film in the Crazies section of the Torino Film Festival, reaching 35 awards during its time at festivals.{{Cite web |last=Longoria |first=Andreina |date=2023-03-23 |title=Huesera te sumerge en el cuestionamiento de la maternidad |url=https://asieslanota.com/huesera-te-sumerge-en-el-cuestionamiento-de-la-maternidad/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Asi es la Nota |language=es}}

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