Biography

Mateo “Máte” Vargas is a Mexican filmmaker, photographer, writer and visual artist. Their multimedia work focuses on intersections and fractures of culture, borders, land, history, indigeneity and diaspora under the legacies of colonialism and capitalism. Their still and moving image work has screened and exhibited in festivals and galleries in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, South Africa, Russia, China, Vietnam, India, Japan, Argentina, Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, England, Australia and the U.S. Their documentary on water pollution in the State of Mexico "Aguas Negras" (2021) has screened at the New York Latino Film Fest...Read More