LOS VECINOS,
MEXICO
Director's Biography
Paulina del Paso is a student of Cinematography in Centro de Capacitacion
Cinematografica in Mexico. She spent two years under the Video Studies Programme
of the University of Guadalajara. Ms. Del Paso has won first prize in the
Experimental Category in Cuadro 2003 Festival and was a two-time recipient
of the FONCA Jovenes Creadores government scholarships for young Mexican artists.
She has made well-received short films in Mexico such as Fragments, Picnic
Tables, Invasion Domestica , Instructivos and a documentary entitled Mucho
gusto en conocerte.
Director's
Experience
In the building where the shooting took place, there were 12 families who
kindly opened their houses to the film crew. The story had 6 main characters:
an old man, a former boxer, a seamstress, a musician, a mechanic and a custodian.
To our surprise while filming, we discovered that in that very building there
lived actually a musician, a seamstress and a former wrestler. To work with
professional actors from the Mexican film and theatre was a very exciting
experience. Overall the experience was very gratifying, with everybody so
excited to work on a film for UNESCO.