Otilia Portillo

Mexican film director. She studied architecture at Cambridge University and the Architectural Association, London. Her works include: THREE VOICES, which screened at SXSW, Ambulante, Morelia, DocsMX, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Lima Film Festival, FIDBA Buenos Aires; and BIRDERS, a short documentary she directed and wrote for Netflix. She has received grants from Mexico’s Ministry of Culture, the Mexican Institute for Cinematography, and the Sundance Institute. DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST won the First Look prize at the Hot Docs Forum and received support from Sundance-Sandbox, the Redford Center, and the Doc Society Climate Fund.