{"id":575,"date":"2019-04-22T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/promo-theme.com\/mato\/?page_id=575"},"modified":"2019-04-22T11:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:57:31","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/fr\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1557731367976 vc_row-5cd91301e00f7 vc_row-o-full-height vc_row-o-columns-middle vc_row-flex\">\n    <div class=\"bg-overlay\">\n          <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_row-6ad8a0c477d4e\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">      <div class=\"heading-block heading-5cd913fe07ec0 tal h-h1 vc_custom_1557730326086\">\n                  <h1 class=\"h\"><span>Mario Ruiz<\/span><\/h1>\n              <\/div>\n          <div class=\"heading-block heading-5cd9145db03d0 tal h-h2 vc_custom_1557730420836\">\n                  <h2 class=\"h\">Theater and Film Actor<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"button-container button-5cd91496c2530 left vc_custom_1557731286059\">\n        <a class=\"button-style1\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\">\n          <span>watch showreel<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n        <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">    <div class=\"num-box-items num-box-5cd91568aefa7 row\">\n          <div class=\"num-box num-box-item-5cd914ce4505a  col-12 col-md-4\">\n      <div class=\"number\">\n        120              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"title\">brand videos<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <div class=\"num-box num-box-item-5cd914da71114  col-12 col-md-4\">\n      <div class=\"number\">\n        30              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"title\">animated videos<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <div class=\"num-box num-box-item-5cd914e26f16c  col-12 col-md-4\">\n      <div class=\"number\">\n        50              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"title\">motion graphics<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><div data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1557731499313 vc_row-5cd9186f054c6 vc_row-has-fill\">\n    <div class=\"bg-overlay\">\n              <div class=\"color\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_row-5cd9192671473\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1557731626256\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-carousel-style2 portfolio-5cd918d6add2f vc_custom_1557731927738 popup-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h\">My List<br \/>\nOf Films<br \/>\n&amp; Plays<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prev base-icon-back\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-small\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"next base-icon-next-1\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-small\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-block swiper-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-feature popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5232 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-feature\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240915_NAWI_Streaming_Display_Artwork-1024x576.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">Nawi: Dear Future Me<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2025, Feature<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240915_NAWI_Streaming_Display_Artwork-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1440\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"1\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-feature popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5238 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-feature\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/samia_COMING_SOON-1740595938769-1.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">Samia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2024, Feature<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/samia_COMING_SOON-1740595938769-1.jpg\" data-size=\"8858x11811\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"2\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-feature popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5245 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-feature\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/125674.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">The Village Next to Paradise<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2024, Feature<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/125674.jpg\" data-size=\"347x500\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"3\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-feature popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5250 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-feature\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/393409899_235465866200806_3150831123358058794_n-820x1024.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">Goodbye Julia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2023, 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href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tug_of_War_Vuta_NKuvute_Poster.jpeg\" data-size=\"1038x778\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"5\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-feature popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5259 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-feature\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JENANI_The_Last_Stand_2024_X_0.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">Janani: The Last Stand<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2024, Feature<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JENANI_The_Last_Stand_2024_X_0.jpg\" data-size=\"261x392\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"6\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-documentary popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5263 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-documentary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/THE-BATTLE-FOR-LAIKIPIA-SUNDANCE-1-691x1024.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">The Battle For Laikipia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2024, Documentary<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/THE-BATTLE-FOR-LAIKIPIA-SUNDANCE-1-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"1728x2560\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" data-id=\"7\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"category-shorts popup-item swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"portfolio-item post-5281 fw-portfolio type-fw-portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry fw-portfolio-category-shorts\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MV5BMDgzYjE5NWEtY2Y4Zi00Y2IzLWFmMzctODhjNjUxOGM1ZWI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-683x1024.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"h\">Mulika<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta\">2022, Shorts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MV5BMDgzYjE5NWEtY2Y4Zi00Y2IzLWFmMzctODhjNjUxOGM1ZWI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"1708x2560\" data-magic-cursor=\"link-w-text\" data-magic-cursor-text=\"View\" 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Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Sed maximus, tellus in varius congue, nibh diam imperdiet ex, eget rutrum velit elit vulputate urna. Nulla imperdiet lectus efficitur urna rhoncus malesuada. Sed ac ex mattis, mattis ex dapibus, egestas nulla<\/blockquote>\n                  <div class=\"name\">Mario Ruiz<\/div>\n                      <div class=\"signature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/iafricafestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/name-34.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <div class=\"testimonials-item swiper-slide testimonials-item-5ee8603f6836a\">\n                        <blockquote>Etiam at commodo odio, eu posuere mauris. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Sed maximus, tellus in varius congue, nibh diam imperdiet ex, eget rutrum velit elit vulputate urna. 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