He worked as an assistant of Carlos Reygadas in '' Batalla en el cielo '' ( 2005 ) , which entered the 2005 Cannes Film Festival . During the filming of the movie , both became close friends , and Reygadas ended up co-producing some of Escalante 's first films . One of those films , '' Sangre '' ( 2005 ) , filmed in November 2004 with a budget of US$ 60,000 , was included in '' Un Certain Regard '' ( a section of the same festival ) and in both Rotterdam and San Sebastián
2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
Amat Escalante