Juan Paulo Laserna
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Álvaro faces a soldier at a military checkpoint in Not My Name

Writer · Director · Producer

Films about family, identity, and thepsychological legacy of violence.

Enter the films

Not My Name

01 / Perspective

Juan Paulo Laserna is an award-winning Colombian screenwriter, director, and producer.

His work blends magical realism, dark humor, and emotionally grounded drama to explore immigration, identity, and memory.

About Juan Paulo

02 / Selected work

Films

A father carrying his son through the Colombian countryside
01

Short film · Colombia

Not My Name

No es mi nombre
Two police officers reacting during a raid in Wolf at the Door
02

Short film · United States

Wolf at the Door

Norma watching through a narrow opening
03

Short film · Colombia

Nobody’s Fool

El vivo vive del bobo
Manuela and her best friend facing each other over a sparkler
04

Feature film · Colombia

Las Malas Lenguas

Sweet and Vicious

03 / Recognition

“A filmmaker interested in the lies people tell to survive, and the truth that slips through anyway.”
Film IndependentFocus FeaturesAlfred P. SloanCine Qua Non LabNipkow Programme

04 / In development

New projects

01

Not My Name

Feature film

Producers Guild of America Create LabSan Sebastián Film Festival, Meet Them!Cine Qua Non Script Revision LabBogotá Audiovisual Market, Film ProjectsGotham Week Project MarketFilm Independent Fast Track Finance MarketFilm Independent Screenwriting LabFilm Independent Producing Lab
02

Chanchi

Feature film

03

The Law of the Jungle

Feature film

04

Nonna

Feature film

05 / Contact

Let’s make something that lingers.

juanpaulolaserna@gmail.com