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 Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More 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 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.
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
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
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
