Horacio Alcalá was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1978. He is a film director and screenwriter who trained at Inter-Universidad Europe in Italy and Germany. He gained experience through independent projects in Berlin, feature films in France, and short films and documentaries in Spain. His work has received international acclaim at prestigious festivals such as Boston, New York, Tokyo, and Palm Springs.

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After seven years with Cirque du Soleil, Horacio moved to Madrid and began directing projects that blend plastic arts with circus narrative. He is currently developing documentary projects for the European Union through CBC (Cross Border Cooperation) programs and the TESIM program of the European Commission. He also directs short documentaries on human rights for UNHCR.

The festival favorite and award-winning film Finlandia (2021), on a community of muxes fighting to reclaim their gender beyond the binary spectrum, is his latest film.