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Nicolás Zárate Denis

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Nicolás Zárate Denis

Born February 15, 1993 · Asunción, Paraguay (age 33)

Nicolás Zárate Denis has a degree in Filmmaking from Columbia University of Paraguay. He currently works as a freelance editor, director and cinematographer and a college professor at his alma matter. In 2025, he won first place of the "Premio Lúmina" with his video essay "Misa Agogó". In 2022 he attended the Université d'été of La Fémis (Paris). He has directed several short documentaries, "Palo …

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Misa AgogóMisa Agogó · 2025
Misa Agogó
2025
MovieDocumentary
In 2019, Nicolás was archiving photographs for J.M. Blanch when he discovered a secluded, uncataloged image depicting an artifact that resembled a ticking time bomb. Intrigued by the photo, Nicolás recorded an interview with Blanch to learn the story behind the mysterious object.
Sometimes I See YouSometimes I See You · 2021
Sometimes I See You
2021
MovieDocumentary
An encounter from night till morning.
Pirakutu Ha’arõPirakutu Ha’arõ · 2025
Pirakutu Ha’arõ
2025
MovieDocumentary
Foraging LoveForaging Love · 2023
Foraging Love
2023
MovieDocumentary
In doubt after a 3 year relationship, Nicolás, searches in his closest friends the meaning of romantic love. Without a clear idea in sight, he turns to his grandmother.
Palo Amargo, Jeep, GrapefruitsPalo Amargo, Jeep, Grapefruits · 2020
Palo Amargo, Jeep, Grapefruits
2020
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Faced with the global crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of a family trusts in the curative and preventive properties of the Palo Amargo tea, but his believes end up reverberating within the family dynamic.
From the shoreFrom the shore · 2025
From the shore
2025
MovieDocumentary
Contemplative piece that portrays the silent bond between a man and the river that watches over him. Set on the banks of the Paraguay River, in the city of Concepción, this poetic short film explores the stillness, memory, and emotional landscape of a place that speaks through water, wind, and waiting.
América de los pobresAmérica de los pobres
América de los pobres
Movie
Sister Concepción balances her work at an upscale school with her commitment to helping sick and underprivileged children, while reflecting on a life dedicated to service.
Home: a CageHome: a Cage
Home: a Cage
MovieDocumentary
To know you have to imagine. Perform an act of rhetorical detour to long something that was not known. To know you have to imagine the document. Not every documentary is a record alone without apparent alteration -that there is a camera already implies, after all, the alteration of a system of things-; Perhaps there would be another form of documentary closer to what was imagined, to the possibility of a document that would not exist otherwise.

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