MEPHISTO
First feature film. Drama, fantasy and thriller. Written and directed by Cristian Proa.
Open film ↗CP / 01—∞
CRISTIANPROAfilmmaker · writer · producer · visual artist
Mexico City → Miami
A practice built across cinema, memory, perception, image, teaching and community.
TRAJECTORY
Cristian Proa
Filmmaker, writer and visual artist.
His practice brings together feature and short films, writing, teaching and cinema-community projects between Mexico and Miami.
Loss, isolation, memory, spirituality, dreams and the question of what remains human when reality starts to blur recur throughout his films.
SELECTED WORK
THE SMELL OF BLOOD WON'T LEAVE MY EYES
Thriller / dramatic piece / science fiction. Art, technology, sensitivity and memory.
Open project ↗THE CONSCIOUSNESS TRILOGY
Dreamers of Decadence, The Others and Ashes: a cycle around isolation, city and consciousness.
Filmography ↗MOON · DREAMING SILENUS · BLUE CREST
Proa's visual practice also extends into dance, music and music video, including collaborations connected to Leitvox and the audiovisual work for Blue Crest.
CINEMA AS THOUGHT
Alongside screenwriting, Cristian has published essays on cinema, city, creation and the spectator’s experience.
MUESTRA DE CINE 1910
Founder and director of a platform created to exhibit and connect independent cinema and filmmakers across territories.
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RECOGNITION OF THE WORK
Festivals and recognition
INTERVIEWS
Cristian Proa in conversation.
TEACHING / COMMUNITY
04 / TRANSMITTING THE CRAFT
Teaching and masterclasses.
His teaching explores screenwriting, adaptation, film language and narrative responsibility, while creating spaces for other filmmakers and writers.
MIAMI BOOK FAIR / 2016The responsibility of telling stories
Invite Cristian / Masterclass ↗Screenwriting and literary adaptation at Koubek Center.
MIAMI FILM MACHINE / 2018Authors, directors and communityProa Films + Suburbano: a bridge between writing and filmmaking.
DE LA IDEA A LA PANTALLABuilding cinema from MiamiConversation and community around screenplay, production and creation.
