Wilson Burbano

Wilson Burbano nació en Ecuador. Estudió en la Universidad Panrusa Guerásimov de Cinematografía (VGIK). Ha realizado cortometrajes en Moscú, New York y Quito, con distinciones en Festivales de Cine de Japón, México, Colombia, Bolivia y Ecuador. Dictó talleres y conferencias sobre la Sensorialidad, el Vacío y el Psicoanálisis en el Cine; Cinematografía Latinoamericana de Vanguardia y otros temas relacionados con el séptimo arte en universidades de Estados Unidos y Ecuador. Escribe para revistas nacionales y extranjeras sobre cultura y artes. Es realizador del largometraje de ficción “Big Bang”, premiado en Suiza, México, Colombia, EEUU, Francia y Ecuador, además de obtener reconocimientos en otros países de Europa y Asia. Su nuevo largometraje documental se llama “Memoria mágica”.

Wilson Burbano was born in Ecuador. He studied at the All-Russian Gerasimov University of Cinematography (VGIK). He has made short films in Moscow, New York and Quito, with distinctions in Film Festivals in Japan, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador. He has given workshops and conferences on Sensoriality, Emptiness and Psychoanalysis in Film; Latin American Avant-Garde Cinematography and other topics related to the seventh art in universities in the United States and Ecuador. He writes for national and foreign magazines on culture and the arts. He is the director of the fiction feature film “Big Bang”, awarded in Switzerland, Mexico, Colombia, USA, France and Ecuador, in addition to receiving recognition in other countries in Europe and Asia. His new feature documentary is called “Memoria Mágica”.

CARTELES / POSTERS

PELÍCULAS LIBRES EN LÍNEA / FILMS ONLINE

FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR

ANGELUS. 35 mm., 11 min. Award for the most original film at the 1995 Tokyo PIA Festival. Selected at the 1995 Brisbane Australia Exposure Festival, 1997 Sao Paulo Short Film Festival, 1998 New York Latin American Festival.

WEDDINGS OF SILENCE. 35 mm., 16 min. Selected at the 1995 New Latin American Film Festival in Havana, Sao Paulo Short Film Festival 1996, Kurtz Film International Poor Film Festival of Mexico 2005. Selected at the 2001 Latin American Festival of New York, Ibero-American Festival of Quito 2003.

IRAMUDA. 16 mm., 11min. Selected at the 2000 Latin American Festival of New York, 2001 Toronto Alucine Festival, Sao Paulo Short Film Festival 2002, Cuenca International Film Festival 2002.

SOLO. Digital video, 15 min. Award at the 2001 Bogota International Film Festival, Award at the 2005. Cuenca International Film Festival 2002. Baja California Poor Film Festival. Valdivia International Film Festival 2006.

COUNTRY AT WAR. Digital video, 6 min. 2005 Baja California International Poor Film Festival Award

BIG BANG. HD, 84 min. -Best Experimental Film at the SIFF-SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020

-Best Experimental Film and Excellence in Cinematography Award at the CIMIFF-MEXICO CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020

-Best International Feature Film at the FESTMEDALLO-MEDELLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, COLOMBIA 2022

-Gold Award for Best Experimental Film at the INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS, LOS ANGELES, USA 2022

-BEST SOUNDTRACK Award at the CANNES CONTINENTAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, FRANCE 2023

-Municipal Award for BEST PRODUCTION Ecuadorian Film, Quito 2022

– Nominated for the FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL Critics’ Award and INTERNATIONAL WINNER at the 2022 World Film Festival in Calcutta, India

– Sole Honorable Mention of the «Augusto San Miguel» Award granted by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador, 2009

– Post-Production Award granted by the Ministry of Culture of Ecuador, 2007

– Semifinalist at the Dumbo Film Festival, New York 2020

-Nominated in the Best Director category and Official Selection at the INDIE FILM FESTIVAL MADRID 2021

-Official Selection at the MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI GENOVA, ITALY 2020

-Official Selection at the EXPERIMENTAL FILM FORUM, LOS ANGELES, USA 2021

-Opening Film at the FLACQ-7th Latin American Film Festival of Quito 2020

-Official Selection at the FLICKFAIR FILM FESTIVAL, LOS ANGELES, USA 2021

-Official Selection at the FFF-FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL, PARIS 2021

-Film chosen by the CATALAN FILM CLUBBING FEDERATION to represent Ecuador at the 8th Catalan Film Clubbing Week held in The FILM LIBRARY OF CATALONIA in October 2021

– Closing Film of the FICC-CUENCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021

-Official Selection of the KUNTURÑAWI ECUADORIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021

-Inaugural film of the ECUADORIAN FILM SERIES, celebrating its last twenty years, organized by the NATIONAL FILM LIBRARY OF ECUADOR in September 2021

-Film chosen by the Ecuadorian Film Club Network to represent the country at the 21st LUSO-GALAICO CINEMA CONFERENCE in VIANA DO CASTELO, PORTUGAL, October 2021

-Official Selection at the WORLD FILM FESTIVAL of BANGALORE, INDIA 2022

-Official Selection at the BARDHAMAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, INDIA 2022

-Official Selection at the GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, INDIA 2022

-Official Selection at the 11th WINTER FILM FESTIVAL BIDHANNAGAR, INDIA 2023

– Official Selection at the VONLINEFILMFESTIVAL, ITALY 2022

– Film series «VANGUARDS… EXPERIMENTATION AND SURREALISM IN ECUADORIAN CINEMA,» organized by the Ecuadorian Film Club Network and the National Film Library in 2024

MAGIC MEMORY. 77 min. Work in progress. Website: https://jirafica.com/memoria-magica/