Image Díaz de León Hicks; Pablo Animation, Direction, Script Pablo Díaz de León Hicks is a Mexican filmmaker and animation director. He is currently working as an artist at Netflix Animation Studios. He holds a Master’s degree in Animation from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote, directed, and animated his thesis film Blooky: The Book Who Wanted to Be Read (2026). This short film was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards, nominated for the Student Emmy Award, featured at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, and presented at the Palm Spring Short Film Festival, San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.Throughout his professional career, he has collaborated with studios such as Proof Inc., taken part in productions like Stranger Things 5 and TRON: Ares, as well as in projects by Technicolor Creative Studios, Mighty Animation, and Microsoft Research. In addition to this, he was awarded the Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship and the John Huston Scholarship for Directing from the USC. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Díaz de León Hicks; Pablo Animation, Direction, Script Pablo Díaz de León Hicks is a Mexican filmmaker and animation director. He is currently working as an artist at Netflix Animation Studios. He holds a Master’s degree in Animation from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote, directed, and animated his thesis film Blooky: The Book Who Wanted to Be Read (2026). This short film was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards, nominated for the Student Emmy Award, featured at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, and presented at the Palm Spring Short Film Festival, San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.Throughout his professional career, he has collaborated with studios such as Proof Inc., taken part in productions like Stranger Things 5 and TRON: Ares, as well as in projects by Technicolor Creative Studios, Mighty Animation, and Microsoft Research. In addition to this, he was awarded the Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship and the John Huston Scholarship for Directing from the USC.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
