Mateo Krystek
Directing
Biography
Mateo Krystek (born in Lima, 1991) is a Peruvian director and screenwriter, graduated with honours from the School of the Cinematographic Industry of Peru. His short film The Wrong Disguise (2016) won the Best Fiction Short Film award at the 20th Lima Film Festival and Seems Like Dawn (2017) was selected at the 19th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival. His third short film, Words That Matter (2022), won the Incentive for Short Film Projects of the Bicentennial of Peru.
Known For
Angel, an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a web page where he is teased by his students through strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.
Holestepper
Catalina arrives with her family at the costume party for her cousin's birthday, on the outskirts of the city. Her presence makes her cousin behave strangely.
The Wrong Disguise
Dante works the night shift editing violent content for TV. Several encounters over the course of his day make him realize this overwhelming routine is not the life he wants.
Seems Like Dawn
For national holidays, a student is assigned the important task of honouring a renowned former student.