2026Nominee
Best Performance
Afterglow
Chris Zapata
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Lima, Peru
December 1, 2000
Biography
Chris Zapata (also known as Christian Zapata) is a film director and writer. He studies Audiovisual Communication at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). He started a You Tube channel in 2020, where he talks about movies. He attended as press at the 2024 Lima Film Festival (FIL2024), in addition to the "Manifestarte" Film Festival. In 2024 he premiered his first short film, which he submitted to the 7SIFF, and started a podcast available on Spotify, in which he gives his opinions on films.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Director
Once and Again and Again
2024Nominee
Best Director
Nostalgia
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Director
A Better Ending
2025Highlight
Best Performance
M Is Still Here