Nicolás Romero Silva

BIO:

Nicolás Romero Silva is a film director and cinematographer of Mexican American origin. While studying at The Mahindra United World College of India with a Davis UWC Scholarship Nicolás made his own short films, earning him multiple official selections and a ‘Best Drama’ nomination at the All-American High School Film Festival. After graduating he spent two years working in the film industry before commencing his bachelor’s degree. During those two years he directed, shot, and began post-production for his first feature documentary The Borders of Paradise.

The film was independently financed through a crowdfunding campaign and a Davis Projects for Peace Grant and was filmed over the course of 2 years in France, Italy, and the Libyan coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The film tells the story of the thousands of migrants left in uncertainty as they seek asylum in Italy after being rescued in the sea. Finding no help, hundreds become trapped at the border of Italy and the French ‘Côte d'Azur’, as they resort to dangerous means to cross a militarized border. In addition to the physical and psychological obstacles ahead of them, they must also confront the visceral and traumatic journey they have left behind.

After more than a year of post-production, the film has been completed and is currently in its distribution stage and awaiting a festival premiere. Still studying in Amsterdam, Nicolás has gone back to writing, and is hoping to secure financing for a follow up narrative short film which tells some of the stories he encountered during the making of The Borders of Paradise which could not be represented in the documentary. Always committed to creating cinema of high artistic value which engages with social issues, he continues freelance work in the Dutch film industry and prepares for his next project. Nicolás is currently a second-year student at Amsterdam University College, completing a bachelor's in liberal arts & sciences with a focus on philosophy and politics.


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Blackmagic PCC4K Rig with Lumix G Vario Lensing.