PORTFOLIO
Sin Sentido
Producer / 2022
Director: Nicolás O. Segura
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Fantasy, comedy Duration: 12 (min) Year: 2022 Achievements: Awarded for best short film, best screenplay, and best actor in Festival de cine y literatura de Cajicá (Colombia, 2023), and in best sound (fiction category) and best screenplay in EscaletaFest (Colombia, 2023). Official selection in Latino & Native american film festival (USA, 2023). Nominated for best short film and best cinematography in EscaletaFEST (Colombia, 2023) and best production design and best original score in Festival de cine y literatura de Cajicá (Colombia, 2023). For this short film I decided to challenge myself and start working as professional as I could (and knew). I did the breakdown script with Movie Magic, I made contracts for both the actors and the crew, I did a legalization of expenses, I learn and did a product placement and I started the process of nationalization of the project. |
El Rugido del Ruiz
Producer / 2022
Director: María Paz Sierra y Nicolás O. Segura
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Documentary Duration: 22 (min) Year: 2022 Achievements: Awarded for best sound (non-fiction category) in EscaletaFEST (Colombia, 2023). Official Selection in El Cine Suma Paz (Colombia, 2022) Mujeres film Festival (Colombia, 2022), Contra el Silencio todas las voces (México, 2022), Festival de cine independiente de Sogamoso (Colombia, 2022), Huitaca Shorts festival (Colombia, 2022) and FiaFest (Colombia, 2023). Nominated for best cinematography (non-fiction) in EscaletaFest. El Rugido del Ruiz was definitely a challenge for me. It's the first documentary that I work in, and I had to organize a trip to Murillo twice, one for the scouting and then for the shooting. All the logistics involve in traveling (where to sleep, food, transportation, etc) was new to me. |
Takyba guardería canina Spot
Producer / 2021
Director: Nicolás O. Segura and María Camila Hoyos
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Advertising spot Duration: 1 (min) Year: 2022 Achievements: Official selection and place in the top 10 of best advertising spot in Smarfilms (Colombia, 2022). This spot was a challenge as we had to make an advertising in just one minute. Working with non actor dogs is never easy as we have to adapt to whatever they are doing. |
Puertas Abiertas
Producer / 2021
Director: María Paz Sierra y Nicolás O. Segura
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Sci-Fi Duration: 20 (min) Year: 2021 Achievements: Winner in the Shark Tank version Unisabana, official selection in Festival Reunac (Chile, 2022) and in EscaletaFest (Colombia, 2021). Puertas Abiertas was my first independent short film. We started this project in 2020 but ended up finishing on 2021 because of the pandemic. I face the challenge of finding funding and in general of being a producer for the first time without the guidance of someone else. |
La lluvia debería tener significado
Producer / 2020
Directors: Iván Camilo Ariza and Nicolás O. Segura
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Drama, Fantasía Duration: 7 (min) Año: 2020 This short film was made during the pandemic. I face the challenge to produce it with all the Covid-19 restrictions, taking into priority the health of both the crew and the actors. |
Oblivion
Director and producer / 2019
Director: María Camila Hoyos
Producer: María Camila Hoyos Genre: Sci-Fi Duration: 13 (min) Year: 2019 Oblivion is a short film that I wrote, directed and produced. It was definitely a challenge as it was my first big project with paying actors. I learn how to interact with them and the rest of the crew, how to organize a project financially, and how to turn my creative ideas into reality. |