Born in Murcia in 1979, Paloma Zapata holds a degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s in Creative Documentary. In 2008, she founded her production company, La Fábrica Naranja, in Barcelona. Since then, she has built an impressive career as a director, editor, and producer, specializing in international music videos and documentaries.

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Deeply rooted in the music world, Zapata’s films have been broadcast on platforms such as Movistar+, Al Jazeera, TVE, and TV3. Her films premiered at renowned festivals like BAFICI (Argentina) and Guadalajara (Mexico).

In 2020, her film Peret: Yo soy la rumba was nominated for the Gaudí Awards by the Catalan Film Academy and received the Ministry of Culture award in Yalta, presented by Nikita Mikhalkov.

In 2022, she developed the documentary project La Singla (a Spanish-German co-production). The documentary participated in international laboratories and forums such as San Sebastián, DocsBarcelona, DOK.FEST Munich, Sunny Side of the Doc. It got the first prize at Abycine LANZA and DocsValencia. The film was part of the international program Circle Women Doc Accelerator in Serbia, Croatia, and Italy.

Her net film, Juliette & Camille, a Spanish-Peruvian co-production, received the Music Library Award at the MAFF of the Malaga Spanish Film Festival after being selected in the PMP of FIPADOC (Biarritz) and SANFIC (Santiago de Chile).