Sofía Petersen (Argentina) studied at the Universidad del Cine of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and subsequently at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (Spain), where she developed her first feature. Her work has participated in several international film festivals.


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Education

2012    BSC in Natural Sciences, Durham University, UK
            Major in physics
            Minors in English literature and philosophy


Filmography

2022    ‘Something Like A Train’
            Digital, in post-production, UK, Argentina

2021    ‘Passing Place’
            35mm and digital, 10 min, Spain, UK, Argentina

2020    ‘Alone sleeps the water, frozen she awakes’
            16mm, 3 min, Spain, Argentina


Screenings / Awards

2022      CROSSROADS, US
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

              EXiS, South Korea
             ‘Passing Place’

             Concordia Film Festival, Canada
             ‘Passing Place’              

             FUSE, Croatia
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

             Non-Syntax, Calm & Punk Gallery, Japan
             ‘Passing Place’

             Festival Render, Retina Latina, Perú
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen she Awakes’

2021      Interface Video Art Festival, Croatia
             ‘Passing Place’

             Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, México
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’     

             Corriente, Perú
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’     

             CineToro Experimental Film Festival, Colombia
            ‘Passing Place’

             Cortópolis, Argentina
            ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

             Film Festival Hannover, German  
            ‘Symphony of the Being’
           
             Festival Play, Argentina
            ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

             FestiFreak Expandido, Filmhuis Cavia, Holland
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

             FestiFreak, Argentina
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

             Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes’

              25FPS Festival, Croatia         
             ︎ Grand Jury Grand Prix
             ‘Passing Place’

             Festival Equinoxio, Colombia
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen she Awakes’

             Simultan Festival, Romania
             ‘Passing Place’

             Non-Syntax, Japan            
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen she Awakes’

             Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, UK
             ‘Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen she Awakes’



Experience

2021-Present     Python Simulation Developer
                         De Beers Group, UK
                         Exploring possible business futures
                         through VR and Simulation

2020                 Workshop Lead
                        “Artificial Intelligence & Cinema”
                        Tabakalera, Spain
                        Created moving images through GAN’s

2017-2015        Simulation and Modelling Engineer  
                        AMRC, University of Sheffield, UK
                        Optimised manufacturing processes
                        through discrete-event simulation


Projects

2020     DIY 8mm Film Scanner 
            Digitised 8mm cine film via a Raspberry Pi,
            digital camera and custom Python software

2019     Camper-van conversion
            Turned a panel van into an off‐grid mobile home

2014     Handmade cameras 
            Designed and built instant cameras that use
            analogue photography techniques


Publications

2020    “Real-time vision-based multiple object tracking
            of a production process”