Paula Blanco Perez

Paula Blanco Pérez is an award winning filmmaker from Madrid, Spain, who has been making movies in Arkansas for 8 years. She has a bachelors degree in digital filmmaking and a masters in film from the University of Central Arkansas. She worked as the Director of Education at Fayetteville Public TV and won a Telly Award for the "Cinematic Rig FPTV Promo" she directed. She has also directed and produced several short films like "Dust", "Mirona", and "Dandelion", which won Best Student Film at Freedom Festival International 2022, and Best International Film at The Continental Film Festival-Tokyo Edition 2022. She has also directed music videos, like "Mistakes & Dear Shadow" which was nominated for Best Student Film at the California Music Video and Film Awards 2023, commercials, and much more! Her latest film, called "Canchas", was the first International Production at the University of Central Arkansas, as she shot it in Spain. She is ambitious and motivated to continue making films that combine her Spanish and American culture!