Julio Molina CV

Julio E. Molina Montenegro

Filmmaker, lecturer and sound designer

E-mail: juliomolin@gmail.com

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

2008	Winner of the Best Documentary for “Dear Camilo”. Costa Rican Film and Video Showcase.
2008	Official Selection at the Miami International Film Festival with “Dear Camilo”. USA
2007	Winner of the Best Central American Documentary Prize for “Dear Camilo”. Festival Icaro. Guatemala.
2007	Official Selection at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) with “Dear Camilo”. Holland.
2007	Winner of Best Documentary at the Central American Film Festival in Vienna with “Dear Camilo”
2006	Winner of the Best Sound Prize for “Costa Rica S.A.” Festival Icaro Guatemala.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2009 Writer/Producer	12 minute Current Affairs story: “Guatemala: Surviving a culture of violence” Commissioned by United Nations Television for their series: 21st Century Stories. Available at http://www.un.org/av/unfamily/21stcentury.html
2009 UniversityLecturer	Sound for Film and Television Taller de Cine y Television. University of Monica Herrera, Sound Department, El Salvador.
2008 Production Sound	Feature Film: “La Yuma” (Florance Jaugey) Camila Films. Nicaragua. HDTV
2008 Film School Lecturer	Documentary Film Course Casa Comal Film School. Guatemala
2008 Production Sound	Feature Film: “Amor y Frijoles” (Mathew Kodath and Hernán Pereira) Guacamaya Films. Honduras. HDTV
2007 Co-Writer/Director	Feature Documentary: “Dear Camilo” Brazil, USA & Costa Rica. HDV Commissioned by DOCTV Iberoamerica. A one hour documentary about Iraq’s first soldier to become a war resister and conscientious objector.
2007 Film School Lecturer	Sound for Film and Television Casa Comal Film School. Guatemala
2006 Co-Writer/Director and Editor	Short Film: “Por Así Decirlo” Videos Bicho. Costa Rica. MiniDV Funding from Cinergia Foundation
2006 University Lecturer	Sound for Film and Television Veritas University. Costa Rica
2006Further Education Tutor	Sound for Film and Television Terco Productions. Honduras
2005 Production Sound	Feature Film: “Las Cruces, Poblado Próximo” (Rafael Rosal) Casa Comal. Guatemala. DVCAM
2005 Editor & Sound Designer	Documentary: “Corazón Abierto” Terco Productions. Honduras
2005 Co-Director/Writer and Editor	Documentary: “Paso a Paso: A Sentimental Journey” Videos Bicho. Costa Rica
2004 Production Sound	Feature Film: “Tijuana makes me Happy” (Dylan Verecchia) 25th Frame. USA and Mexico. MiniDV
2004 Production Sound	Feature Film: “Fünf Zimmer” (Mechtild Barth) Cologne Academy for Media Arts. Germany. MiniDV
2004 Production Sound	Feature Film: “Not A Love Story” (Aaron Allred) Wanowski Bros. Germany. 35mm
2004 Sound Design and Remixing	Short Film: “Anna und Der Soldat” Roggan and Partner. Germany and Italy.35mm
2004 Director/Writer	Documentary: “La Penultima Frontera” Arruko Foundation/ GTZ.Costa Rica
2003 Boom Operator	Feature Film: “La Casa de Enfrente” (Elías Jiménez) Casa Comal. Guatemala. DVCAM
2002 Director/Writer	Short Film: “The man who fell out of the window” Cologne Academy for Media Arts. Germany. 16mm
2002 Remixing	Documentary: “Parallel Universen” Cologne Academy for Media Arts. Germany. 35mm
2001 Sound Design & Remix	Short Film: “El Ebanista” EICTV International Film School. Cuba. 35mm

Education

• Professional Certificate in Further and Higher Education.

Farnborough College of Technology. 2009 – 2011

• Higher Education Diploma, Film Sound.  EICTV, Cuba.  1999 – 2001

• B.A., Comunicación Colectiva. Universidad de Costa Rica   1994 – 1999

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

2008	Michael Rabiger Documentary Workshop. Cinergia Foundation. Costa Rica
2007	Sound Course at the Scuola Sperimental di Cinema, Rome, Italy. Union Latina Scholarship program.
2004	Participant Sound Designer at the Berlinale Talent Campus. Berlin, Germany.
2002	Cologne Academy for Media Arts (Künsthochschulefür Medien) Cologne, Germany. Six month exchange program for filmmakers.