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Otilia Portillo Padua

Mexican filmmaker. She studied architecture in Cambridge University and the Architectural Association, London. Her works include Tzolkin, Heaven mirrors everything and Three Voices. Three Voices won the Docs in Progress award from DocsMX and was later screened in SXSW, Ambulante, Morelia International Film Festival, DocsMX, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Festival de Lima, FIDBA Buenos Aires and London MexFest. Otilia participated in the Berlinale Talents Doc Station (2011) and the Guadalajara Talents (2011). She has been a beneficiary of the Young Creator’s Program 2010 by the Ministry of Culture (CONACULTA) and Film Creator’s Stimulus Program 2016 from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) to develop her first feature film.


Directora mexicana. Estudió arquitectura en la Universidad de Cambridge y la Asociación de Arquitectos, en Londres. Sus trabajos incluyen Tzolkin, Llegando al cielo todo se refleja y Diario a tres voces, película que se ha exhibido en los festivales SXSW, Ambulante, Morelia, DocsMX, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, el Festival de Lima, FIDBA Buenos Aires y London MexFest. Otilia ha participado en Berlinale Talents Doc Station (2011) y en Guadalajara Talents (2011). Ha sido beneficiaria del programa Jóvenes Creadores 2010 (CONACULTA) y del Estímulo para Creadores Cinematográficos (IMCINE) 2016 para desarrollar su primer largometraje de ficción.