Name Edlyn Castellanos
Country Mexico
Biography
Edlyn Castellanos (b. 1990) is an Oaxacan filmmaker, she studied Communication Sciences and Techniques at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG). In 2020 she is part of the jury of the “Miradas Locales” film festival that takes place in CDMX and in 2021 she is part of the jury in the “Generation Equality Forum”, a film festival of the United Nations Organization, after having obtained the first place in its mexican edition. Her audiovisual work leans towards the experimental and addresses issues related mainly to migration and gender violence. Her work has been selected and presented at festivals around Mexico, the United States, Chile, France, Colombia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and Kenya.