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My work explores the fluid boundaries between reality and perception, often using formal experimentation, metaphoric narratives and surreal elements to make the intangible—memory, fear, longing, and transformation—feel physically present, focusing on feeling over explanation. Interdisciplinary collaboration too plays a key role in my work, particularly my fascination with dance, where the body's movement is crucial to the character's expression. My experience of immigration has shaped my perspective on belonging, distance, and transformation and brings estrangement as a recurring theme in my work.
Country: Mexico
Webpage: http://rosanacuellar.com
Rosana Cuellar is a Mexican Filmmaker based in Hamburg known for her surrealistic film style. Her journey in Film began in CENTRO Filmschool in Mexico and continued in the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany with Prof. Wim Wenders. Her experience of different countries and approaches to film resulted in an amalgam of styles visible in her films . Her film A Woman Named Yssabeau was selected for the International Competition Program of Berlinale. She developed the script for her first long film Popping the Question with a grant from the NRW and the Wim Wenders Foundation. In 2024 her shortfilm Tender Cords, developed with the support of MOIN filmförderung premiered in Shanghai International Film Festival.
Trapped in a dystopic system, Susanne (Hanna Schygulla) and her daughter Sylvie (Anja Schneider) trace...
