Producer Camilo Gutierrez Galvan & Actress Leidi Gutierrez discuss the Power Short Film Isla Soledad

Camilo Gutierrez Galvan is a writer, producer and film promoter from Mexico. He founded the independent production company Sauce Negro Films, and has produced and collaborated as a writer in 4 short films alongside filmmaker and creative partner Omar Deneb Juarez.

Camilo produced the short film Juan’s Sundown, winner of the 2017 Ariel Award as Best Fiction Short Film of the Year, given by the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. It was also winner of the Jury’s Special Mention Award at Guadalajara’s International Film Festival.

In 2023, his most recent short film as a producer “Isla Soledad” premiered at the LA Shorts International Film Festival and was also selected for competition at the HollyShorts International Film Festival that same year.

This short was a co-production with the Oscar winning British production company Slick Films, through executive producer and Academy Award winning filmmaker Chris Overton and Rebecca Harris-Turner. 

 

Also, with us today is actress Leidi Gutierrez. Her debut on the big screen was in the prestigious Mexican film “Las Elegidas” in 2016 by David Pablos. This film was the winner of several Ariel awards and was selected by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences to represent Mexico at the Goya Awards awarded by the Spanish Film Academy.

In 2019 she starred in the film “Chicuarotes”. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 2020 edition.

In 2023 she had a recurring role in the show “La Cabeza de Juan Murrieta” produced and distributed by Amazon Prime.

She is currently starring in the critically acclaimed series “Señorita 89”, which is currently streaming by Apple TV+ and many other streaming services worldwide. #film #filmmaking #filmmaker #filmdirector #screenwriting #actor #cinema #cinematography #actress #Mexico #filmindustry #islasoledad #mother #lovestory