Image Hopf, Paula She studied a B.A. in Cinematography at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Mexico City. Her graduation project was Velvet (2016) and she collaborated as production designer of Contrafábula de una niña disecada (2013), directed by Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal, which was part of the Cinéfondation section at the Cannes Film Festival. Her short film Años luz (2015), traveled to diverse festivals around the world, like the Sydney Latin American Film Festival, Australia; the SEHSÜCHTE Film Festival, Germany; the Cinema da Mare Film Festival, Italy; and it won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Carrousel International du film de Rimouski, Canada; and the Popular Jury Award at the Inter-American Festival of Student Film, Brazil. Her short documentary film La casa de los Lúpulos (2016), part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), was presented in international festivals such as the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), the Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey), and it won Best Short Film at the Merida and Yucatan International Film Festival (FICMY). She is currently developing two feature film screenplays: Un poco de jardín and La enciclopedia de lo sublime. She is founder of the Estudio Polka production company. Other Movies Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More Related News Películas nominadas al Ariel 2017 disponibles en línea 07 · 07 · 17 Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Hopf, Paula She studied a B.A. in Cinematography at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Mexico City. Her graduation project was Velvet (2016) and she collaborated as production designer of Contrafábula de una niña disecada (2013), directed by Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal, which was part of the Cinéfondation section at the Cannes Film Festival. Her short film Años luz (2015), traveled to diverse festivals around the world, like the Sydney Latin American Film Festival, Australia; the SEHSÜCHTE Film Festival, Germany; the Cinema da Mare Film Festival, Italy; and it won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Carrousel International du film de Rimouski, Canada; and the Popular Jury Award at the Inter-American Festival of Student Film, Brazil. Her short documentary film La casa de los Lúpulos (2016), part of the Official Selection of the 14th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), was presented in international festivals such as the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), the Monterrey International Film Festival (FICMonterrey), and it won Best Short Film at the Merida and Yucatan International Film Festival (FICMY). She is currently developing two feature film screenplays: Un poco de jardín and La enciclopedia de lo sublime. She is founder of the Estudio Polka production company.
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
Ziuta travesías Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life. See More
Zinzindurrunkarratz Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way. See More
Películas nominadas al Ariel 2017 disponibles en línea 07 · 07 · 17 Les presentamos los cortometrajes de animación y documental del 14º FICM 09 · 21 · 16
