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¡PIKA! (The Itch)

Narrative Short Film · 2025
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Ad Council

Commercial · 2025
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Ovejas y Lobos

Narrative Short Film · 2024
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Starr

Documentary Short · 2022
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Levis

Commercial · 2025
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JP Morgan Chase

Commercial · 2023
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Teeth

Documentary Short · 2021
08

La Vieja Quinta

Narrative Short Film · 2015
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Adidas

Commercial · 2023
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Neptune Dreams

Dance Film · 2021
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Doing Our Part

Cheniere · Commercial · 2024
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FEMA

Commercial · 2024
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Alienación

Narrative Short Film · 2019
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Justpoint

Commercial · 2022
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Chiaraje

Documentary Short Film · 2026
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T-Mobile

Commercial · 2022
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Georgia's Own Credit Union

Commercial · 2023

Alex Fischman Cárdenas is a Peruvian director and producer whose award-winning short films have premiered at Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, and Sitges, and earned Vimeo Staff Pick recognition. His commercial work has received nominations from the Cannes Young Director Award and Young Guns 23.

Contact

alexfischmancardenas@gmail.com
Film & TV Management
Industry Entertainment rachel@industryentertainment.com

Recognition

  • Sundance Film Festival 2026 Official Selection
  • Young Guns 23 2025 Finalist
  • Sitges Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2025 Official Selection
  • Vimeo Staff Pick 2025
  • Young Director Award 2025 Silver
  • 1.4 Awards, On the Cusp 2025 Longlist — Ad Council
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024 Official Selection
  • Raindance Film Festival 2024 Official Selection
  • Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2024 Official Selection
  • DokuFest, Int'l Documentary & Short Film Festival 2024 Official Selection
  • AFI Fest 2024 Official Selection
  • NYU First Run Film Festival 2024 Winner, Best Director & Best Short Film
  • National Board of Review 2024 Winner, Student Grant, Norman T. Strauss Award
  • Lima International Film Festival 2024 Winner, Audience Award & Special Jury Award
  • Shorts Mexico, Int'l Short Film Festival 2024 Winner, Best Short Film
  • FCZ, Zaragoza Film Festival 2024 Winner, Best Short Film
  • AICP 2023 Nominee, Best New Director of the Year
  • Shots 2023 Nominee, Best New Director of the Year
  • 1.4 Awards 2023 Short List Nominee
  • Young Director Award 2022 Shortlist Nominee
  • Vimeo Staff Pick 2022
  • Berlin Commercial 2022 Shortlist Nominee
  • Vimeo Staff Pick 2021
  • Young Director Award 2021 Shortlist Nominee
  • Berlin Commercial 2021 Shortlist Nominee
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019 Official Selection
  • Moscow International Film Festival 2016 Official Selection
  • Starz Denver Film Festival 2015 Official Selection
  • Hollyshorts Film Festival 2015 Official Selection

Press

  • The Moveable Fest "Interview: Alex Fischman Cárdenas and Trout Cohen on ¡PIKA!" — Feb 2026
  • The Utah Review "Sundance 2026: Weird is smart, funny, thrilling and elucidating in Midnight Short Program" — Jan 2026
  • The Hollywood Reporter "Luigi Mangione and Steph Curry Projects Among Sundance Short Film Program Selections" — Dec 2025
  • Sundance Film Festival 2026 Short Film Program Selection — ¡PIKA! — Dec 2025
  • Directors' Library "LXV — Alex Fischman Cárdenas (Selects)" — Dec 2024
  • SHOOTonline "Director Alex Fischman Cárdenas Signs With Greenpoint Pictures For 1st U.S. Representation" — May 2024
  • Greenpoint Pictures "Alex Fischman Cárdenas Curates His Creative Inspirations for Director's Library"
  • Little Black Book "The Work That Made Me: Alex Fischman Cárdenas" — Feb 2023
  • Shots "Greenpoint Pictures adds Alex Fischman Cárdenas for US representation" — 2022
  • BOOOOOOOM TV "Teeth" by Alex Fischman Cárdenas — Jun 2021
  • No Film School "This 17 Year Old Director Made One of the Best Short Films That You Will See This Year" — Jun 2015