Sinopsis
In Mexico City, married couple Melissa and Claudia, parents of five children, navigate Melissa’s gender identity journey through laughter, conflict, and unconditional love, challenging binary thinking.
Born in Mexico City into an American, Japanese and Mexican family of filmmakers, Sophia discovered a passion for filmmaking and photography at an early age and built her first camera when she was eight years old.
She has a Masters in Fine Art Cinematography from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California, and has been traveling the world shooting films, commercials, music videos and documentaries.
In 2018 she founded "Las Amazonas Eléctricas", the first Latin American team of professional women working in the grip and electric department.
Sophia´s work has participated with awards and nominations in festivals such as TIFF, TRIBECCA, CPX-DOCS, FICG, SITGES amongst others.
She has a unique and distinctive eye for visual storytelling and is highly proficient with 35mm film, professional video cameras and Virtual Reality, always up to date with the new technologies available.
Lover of nature and in her free time, Sophia likes to explore and experiment using mixed media art forms to create different pieces including paintings, sculptures and installations.
Friday, Nov. 6th, 7:00 p.m.
Fundación Casa de México en España
Free admission with prior online registration
Year of Production: 2025
Time: 87’
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Director: Sophia Stieglitz
Cast: Documentary
Production: Constanza Castro, Doménica Castro, Rodrigo Jiménez, Sophia Stieglitz
Script: Sophia Stieglitz
Director of Photography: Gabriela Reyes Fuchs, Sophia Stieglitz
Selected at Los Ángeles Latino International Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia.
