MUTANTiN Documentary, 64 min, 2025. An emotional yet witty portrait of breast cancer risk and wanting to have children, this film not only sheds light on an oft-simplified disease but also tells the story of a close friendship. Directed by Sonja Ortiz and Amor Schumacher. Premiere: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2025.
TELL ME, Documentary, 75min, 2021. Premiere at Ji.hlava and Tallin Black Nights Film Festival 2021. A portrait of humanity in isolation, directed by 25 students of Werner Herzog’s masterclass around the world. → About the film
THRYMSKVIDA Short, 15min, 2023. The story of the theft of Thor’s hammer by the giant Thrymr is told through a captivating blend of dance and animation. Drawing inspiration from an Old Icelandic poem the film explores themes of gender roles and stereotypes that are just as relevant today as they were centuries ago. Through the power of movement and imagery, the production delivers a humorous and thought-provoking message that challenges our assumptions and invites us to look at the world in a new way.
WHY DO WE DANCE? Short, 10min, 2021. Four dancers from different backgrounds meet in Berlin to ask themselves the question: Why do we actually dance? What are the deep motivations of our search for the common denominator of human movement?
The dances we perform have been uniting us for years, curiously and lovingly. Just as the rhythms have carved their path through different countries, mountains, valleys, and transcended borders, we too have learned to unite through them, despite our differences in dance, and discover our shared human roots. The film is currently on a worldwide festival tour.
Performers: Masaru Nishimoto, Luz Zenaida Hualpa García, Diego A. Urbina M., Sonja Ortiz.
WISE WOMEN’S WORLD, Interview project, 15min, 2020. Premiered at Berlinale Film Festival and serves to collect, preserve, and pass on the knowledge and wisdom of mature women. Interviews are conducted with women above 60, reduced to 90-second segments for social media to bring women of different generations together and further the process of changing our perceptions of women and age and lead to social change.
SUPAY Short, 19min, 2028. The first film with an LGBT-theme ever to be filmed in Cusco, Peru. The film is inspired by the testimonials from LGBT activists of the collective Kachkaniraqmi and deals with the topic of the stigmatization of lesbian women in the region. SUPAY premiered at OUTFEST PERU in 2018 and is currently on a festival tour around the world.
EL ALMA AUSENTE (THE ABSENT SOUL), Short, 7min, 2018. A teenage boy works at a butterfly farm as according to an Amazonian legend he must feed butterflies to his dead mother´s soul. It was filmed during the Masterclass with Werner Herzog in the Peruvian Amazon region. The story was created closely together with Elias, the protagonist, who actually suffered the absence of his mother in real life.
Master Class with Werner Herzog, 2018.
SONJA ORTIZ - Actress/Director 