Part of the session: Memory and Archive #2
During the construction of a house, my father reflects on family, belonging, the notion of “home” and the search for his place in the world.
Filmed in Super 8, this documentary seeks to evoke nostalgia and the impermanence of memories while exploring the relationship between physical space and human identity.
Isay Peña is a Mexican director and cinematographer graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. In 2012 he completed the Diploma in “Digital Cinematography” at Golem Film School and in 2014 he was accepted in the Diploma in “Literary Creation” at the School of the General Society of Writers of Mexico, SOGEM. In 2016 he was selected in the Film Authors Workshop “Filming in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami” organized by Black Factory Cinema and the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Workshop where Abbas Kiarostami advised the full process of realization of his short film “Cabeza de Gallo”. In 2017 he was accepted at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica where he concluded his studies in 2022. He was part of the Locarno Young, Documentary Summer School 2021. As a cinematographer he has been selected in the Talent Demo Camerimage 2020, the American Society of Cinematographers Vision Mentorship Program 2023 - 2024 with Josh Bleibtreu ASC as mentor, the Terre Di Cinema, International Cinematographers Days 2024, and the Indian Society of Cinematographers Mentorship Programme 2024 -2025 with Kartik Vijay ISC as mentor.
