The Power of Creative Freedom through Filmmaking

Abstract

Fabrizio Prada Rojas is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, and actor. He graduated from the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba between 1993 and 1995, specializing in directing and having, among others, Gabriel García Márquez as a teacher. Since 1991, he has directed various short films, documentaries, and feature films, mostly independent productions. His films have been screened and awarded at various international film festivals.

In 2002, Fabrizio Prada directed his debut feature, Tiempo real, an 86-minute-long film made in a single shot without editing. The film combines 15 locations, is an independent production, and was shot in 10 days after 8 months of rehearsals. Tiempo real is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first one-take film without cuts in film history, shot with a digital camera.

In 2010, he released the feature film Escrito con sangre, inspired by a real case that occurred in New York, the story of the murder of a girl in the middle of the street, before the eyes of 38 witnesses who did nothing to prevent this crime. Escrito con sangre was also my first feature film as a sound designer, and I was both thrilled and honored to accept the challenge. I was recommended to Fabrizio by Cristian Mungiu during his visit to Romania in 2008-2009. After this experience, I worked with Fabrizio on two one-minute short films as a video editor – Car Horn (2010) and Lunch Box (2010). In 2017, he directed the modern western feature El Ocaso del Cazador, also inspired by a real case reported in the press, about a man from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, who refuses to give his ranch to the organized crime that is threatening him but to defend himself alone.

Among other films he directed, he also worked as a photographer and published the book Feminine Minds & Sensitivities (2015), which consists of 110 images of actresses from different countries. He is preparing his second photobook, The Naked Majas. Fabrizio Prada Rojas is also the organizer and director of the Festival Mundial de Cine de Veracruz, dedicated to “more-than-independent” films, already in its twelfth edition.