Pablo Pagán

Pablo Pagán, born in 2001, is a film director, writer and producer from Valencia, Spain. At the age of 16, he directed and produced his first short film PAWNS: a look inside the Spanish Civil War, told through the eyes of Gen Z. Financed almost exclusively through crowdfunding, PAWNS screened at numerous festivals internationally, earning awards at the Valencia International Film Festival (Cinema Jove). PAWNS was also recognized as the "Best International Short Film" at the prestigious AAHSFF Festival in New York (the largest student film festival in the world), making it the first Spanish short film winner in the history of the event. Next, Pablo directed, wrote and produced the critically acclaimed shorts MUNNA and THE GIRL WITH THE BLURRED FACE, which went on to screen at genre festivals around the world (CineFantasy Festival, LUSCA International Film Festival, Cinema Jove, Melrose Film Festival), earning the "Audience Award" at Quartmetratges and a "Special Jury Mention" at the Navarra Fantastic Film Festival. Pablo is a recent graduate of Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) in Barcelona, Spain. His thesis film VOYAGER, a blend of neo-noir thriller, female-driven character drama and fantasy, is currently on the festival circuit and has qualified for the Goya Awards (Spain's Academy Awards). To date, VOYAGER has screened at some of the world's leading genre festivals (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Filmquest, Screamfest, Grossman Fantastic Film Festival, Fantasporto), as well as at several Oscar qualifiers (Bogoshorts, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Norwegian Short Film Festival), earning "Best Short" at Screamfest, the "Audience Award" at the Landshut Short Film Festival, "Best Student Short" at Filmquest, "Ficus de Plata" at the Festival de Cine Sant Joan d'Alacant (Goya qualifying), as well as "1st Prize" in the Cortos Divinos Competition of the Spanish Film Academy. VOYAGER will next screen at SITGES Film Festival (Oscar qualifier), Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Oscar qualifier), Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival, and at Elche International Independent Film Festival (Goya qualifier). Pablo has served as a programmer for the Manises International Fantastic Film Festival, and has been a member of the Young Jury at the prestigious Giffoni Film Festival. He's currently developing his first feature THE WHISTLER.