Carolina Meza
FILM
Carolina Meza is a transdisciplinary and experimental artist, director, and performer. Non binary.
Their thesis film Dime Ro (2024) had its world premiere in São Paulo, Brazil, where it won the Audience Award for Best Foreign Short Film at the 32nd edition of the MixBrasil Festival. It was also part of the official selection of the 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest experimental and avant-garde film festival in the world. The film continues its journey and has been shown across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.
Carolina is one of 23 artists who created the collective feature film Centenario, which uses footage originally shot in 9.5mm format to preserve and celebrate the history of cinema. The project was produced by Archivo Fílmico Reyes with support from FOCINE.
As part of her filmography, their documentary Aprendiendo a cantar (2021) won Best Short Film at the 21st Silver Wave Film Festival in Canada, as well as the Feminist Perspective Award at the 13th REC in Argentina, and has been selected for more than 15 national and international film festivals. Meanwhile, RMI or Resonancia Magnética (2023) premiered at the Cinema de Girona Festival in Spain and won Best Experimental Short Film at both the Taxco Film Fest and Cinegro in Guerrero.
As an actxr, Carolina has starred in short films and music videos. In theater, she was part of the cast of the play Requiem por una Gota o La Cruzada de Las Sedientas (2024) from Andalucía, with performances at La Capilla, El Hormiguero, Huerto Roma Verde, and Teatro para el Fin del Mundo in Tampico.
Carolina have directed music videos for Universal Music and worked on various feature films—such as The Exorcism of God (USA/MX) by Alejandro Hidalgo—as a still photographer. She has also been part of the directing team for Sin Decir Adiós, Soy Mario, and Madres, all currently in post-production.
Currently they are creating film for the Opera Cuauhtemóctzin, which will premiere at Mexico City’s Zócalo as part of the celebration of the 700th anniversary of Tenochtitlán.
