Having graduated in Film at the University of Buenos Aires, Paz Encina (Asunción, Paraguay, 1971) made several video-installations and shorts in cinema and video, particularly including La siesta, Hamaca paraguaya and Supe que estabas triste, all winners of several awards. In 2006 she made her first feature film, also entitled Hamaca paraguaya, which received the Fipresci Prize at Cannes 2006, among others. She returned to working with the short format in the projects Rio Paraguay (2010) and Viento Sur (2011). Ejercicios de memoria is her second feature film.
Festival de San Sebastián
