Joy Penroz

Born in 1985 in Santiago, Chile, Joy Penroz studied Visual Arts in Yucatan, Mexico, and majored in Film Direction at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona.

After working in different production companies, she directed her own short films “Happy Easter” in 2011 and “El Salto de la Princesa” in 2012, granted by the Audiovisual Chilean Fund and awarded in several international festivals.

In 2013, she founded RAKi Films and produced “El Origen del Cielo”, feature film directed by David Belmar. She took part in the Cross Channel Film Lab to develop her first feature film in 3D: “Montaña Azul”.

Montaña Azul

[Blue Mountain]

Cross Channel Film Lab 2015

In the Andes in southern Chile, a young girl and a legendary giant will live a dark adventure in search for a new ecological balance.