Francesca Canepa

Francesca Canepa is a Peruvian director who strives to tell stories with a socially conscious message. El Silencio del Río is her second short film shot in the Peruvian Amazon, premiered at the (...) Berlinale 2020 and was the first Peruvian Contender for Best Live Action Short Film at the Academy Awards 2021. After studying a scriptwriting degree at the EICTV from Cuba, she's currently in the Pre Production of her first feature La Otra Orilla Selected at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2024 and Winner of the CNC Production Fund from France 2023. Recently she was selected at the Sundance Women To Watch X Adobe Fellowship 2024. Francesca was part of the Talents Buenos Aires 2021. Her first Short Film AYA, shot in the Peruvian Andes, obtained the Best Ibero American Short Film Award at the Guadalajara's Film festival 2017. She's represented by the Production Company Primo Content in Latam with whom she obtained 5 Golden Lions through her Plastic Fishing Campaign for Corona at the Cannes Lions 2022. That year she was listed on the Top ten Director's of the year since Cannes Lions. She studied Cinema at the University from Montpellier and she holds a Master degree in Direction from the ESCAC, the Cinema School from Catalunya.