Otilia Portillo Padua is a Mexican film director who studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Her works include THREE VOICES, which screened at SXSW, Ambulante, Morelia International Film Festival, DocsMX, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Lima Film Festival, and FIDBA Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival; and BIRDERS, a short documentary she directed and wrote for Netflix. She has received grants from Mexico’s Ministry of Culture, the Mexican Institute for Cinematography, and the Sundance Institute. DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST won the First Look prize at the Hot Docs Forum and received support from Sundance Sandbox, The Redford Center, and the Doc Society Climate Fund.