Itala Schmelz. (Mexico, 1968) She is a curator. She studied philosophy at the UNAM Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. She is the author of the book Codigofagia. Mexican cinema and science fiction (2022) and creator of El futuro más acá. First Mexican science fiction film festival (2003-2007), a cycle that went around the world produced by the UNAM Film Library. As curator of the Mexican Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), she presented Cordiox, a sound piece by Ariel Guzik. In her career as a cultural manager, she has directed the Siqueiros Public Art Hall (2001-2007), the Carrillo Gil Art Museum (2007-2011) and the Image Center (2013-2018). She is currently a CONACYT scholarship holder to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UNAM and a teacher at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving ENPEG La Esmeralda.