Zapata Films
Pablo Zapata
Film Director, Musician & Multimedia Artist from Venezuela. He studied Arts and Film at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. His cinematographic work has been exhibited and awarded in numerous festivals around the world such as the Buenos aires International Film Festival, Osaka International Film Festival, Solaris International Film Festival, International Symbolic Art Film Festival, Tagore International Film Festival, Rural Film Festival Arica Nativa, Nottingham International Microfilm, Human Rights International Film Festival of Buenos Aires, among others.
For several years he has worked as a Human Rights Volunteer in Venezuelan Prisons as a filmmaker and Instructor of Penitentiary Film through the Waleker Cineclub, directed by the well-known documentary filmmaker and social worker Livia Montes. He attended film workshops dictated by filmmaker Manuel de Pedro, the french documentalist François Caillat and acclaimed filmmakers Werner Herzog and David Lynch.
_Film Director
_VFX Artist
_Musician
_Sound Designer
_Videographer
_Photographer
_Poster Designer
_Film & Video Editor
_Screenwriter
_2D Animator & Lumion 3D Animator
_Creative Director
_Art Director
film festival official selection /
Osaka International Film Festival. El Hijo. Osaka, Japan. 2021
International Symbolic Art Film Festival / ISAFF. El Hijo. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 2021.
Festival Manuel Trujillo Durán. El Hijo. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2021
Buenos Aires International Film Festival. El Hijo. Buenos Aires (Argentina) & Madrid (Spain). 2021
Tagore International Film Festival / TIFF. El Hijo. Bolpur, West Bengal, India 2021
Golden Sparrow International Film Festival. El Hijo. Tamil Nadu, India. 2021
VI Festival Video nodoCCS 2020. Half/Life.. Kristiansand Norway, 2020
The Lift-Off Sessions. Time is Homeland. Pinewood Studios, UK. 2020
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival.Yo, Piel. Bogotá Colombia, 2020
18 International Human Rights Film Festival. Half/Life.. Official Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2019
FINCA International Environmental Film Festival. Memory of Diving Bell. Official Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2018
17 International Human Rights Film Festival. Half/Life. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
Industry Boost Competition. Half/Life. Miami, EE.UU. 2017
Industry Boost Competition. The Circumcision. Miami, EE.UU. 2017
Retransmisión 2ª Muestra de Cine y video Independiente. Half/Life. D.F., México. 2017
Chimes of new moment - Re-visioning Just communities. Memory of Diving Bell. Bangalore, India. 2017
Voices From the Waters International Film Festival. Memory of Diving Bell. Bangalore, India. 2017
Kinosmena International Short Film Festival. Memory of Diving Bell. Minsk, Belarus, Minsk. 2016.
Festival de Cine Rural Arica Nativa. Memory of Diving Bell. Arica, Chile. 2016
Post Mortem International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Festival. REM_01. Aguascalientes, México. 2016
Horror Online Art Navarra Film Festival. REM_01. Pamplona, España. 2016
Nottingham International Microfilm, The Circumcision. Nottingham, UK. 2015
awards /
WINNER Festival Internacional del Cortometraje Manuel Trujillo Durán. Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. El Hijo. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2022
WINNER ELCO Film Festival. Best Short Film, Best Direction, Best Production, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Design, Best Music and Best Poster. El Hijo. Venezuela. 2021
HONORARY MENTION Solaris International Film Festival.
El Hijo. Nice, France. 2021
FINALIST Osaka International Film Festival. El Hijo. Osaka, Japan. 2021
WINNER Roshani International Film Festival. Foreign and Animation Short Film, El Hijo. Aurangabad, India, 2021
WINNER Tagore International Film Festival. Outstanding Achievement Award, El Hijo. Bolpur, West Bengal, India. 2021
JURY AWARD WINNER Golden Sparrow International Film Festival. Best International Short film. El Hijo. Festival. Tamil Nadu, India. 2021
MENTION Festival Baruta de Película. Experimental Short film. Half/Life. Caracas, Venezuela. 2017
FINALIST Industry Boost Competition, Half/Life. Miami-Florida, EE.UU. 2017
1º PRIZE Festival de Cine Rural Arica Nativa. Memory of Diving Bell. Directed by Pablo Zapata & Guadalupe Gómez Verdi. Arica, Chile. 2016
1º PRIZE Municipal David Suárez, Short film Aquí Empezó, Directed by Livia Montes Cineclub Waleker / Cine Penitenciario. Best Documentary Short film & Best Sound. Edition & Sound Design by Pablo Zapata. Caracas, Venezuela. 2008
1º PRIZE PROVEA Poster Contest La Masacre de El Amparo. Caracas, Venezuela. 2008
1º PRIZE Festival de Cortometrajes de Barquisimeto, Short film El Gato Negro, Directed by Adriana Tognella. Co-Production, Edition, Animation, Art Direction & Main Role by Pablo Zapata. Barquisimeto, Venezuela. 2007
WINNER III Salón de Arte Digital. Frida en Silencio. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2004
1º PRIZE 6º juegos Inter-facultades UCV, Poster Contest. Caracas, Venezuela. 2004
art exhibitions /
STREET ART INSIDE / Movimento Artistico Epigenetica. Live Performers Meeting. Rome, Italy. 2022
PAIAVISION - LAST SIGNS / Live Performers Meeting. Rome, Italy. 2022
NO LAND Debut Music Album. Online Live Performance. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2020
ANTROPOMORFIA Collective Art Exhibition. Art Curator Bardovisual. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
#INSTAKRONOS Gallery Days 2017 Photography Collective Exhibition. Curator Ruben Lezcano. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
EL SILENCIO Photography Collective Exhibition. Curator Ruben Lezcano. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2015