Alfredo Naime Padua
Film Critic, Maxico
Academic, Film Columnist, Author. Former Academic Director (2009-2020) of UPAEP University’s Film School (Puebla, México).
Books: El cine: 204 respuestas (1995), La pantalla entintada (2000), A ojo de buen cinero (2011) and 120 películas en breve y a fondo (2019). Co-Author of Apreciación del Cine (1997) and 100 Apuntes sobre el Cine (2016).
Teacher of the subjects Cinema Identity, Film Genres, History of Cinema and Film Analysis, for Bachelor, Master and Diplomat programs.
Jury, 14th Muestra de Cine Mexicano de Guadalajara (1999). Jury, 14th Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (Montevideo; 2014). FEISAL’s Award Jury in six editions of the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, and in the 24th Ícaro: Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica (Guatemala City, 2021).
Over 2,000 reviews, articles and essays published about film, film críticism, teaching cinema and film culture, throughout more than four decades, in various newspapers, radio and TV shows, and digital platforms.
Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Award to Journalism in Puebla, in the Opinion Essay category (2013).
Speaker in various international Congresses and Conferences; most recently: Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Río Grande do Sul, Brasil; Mexicali, México.
Academic Merit Medal 2017, awarded by UPAEP University.