Born in the provinces of Central Philippines, Martin Ponferrada was brought to Australia in the early 90s by his parents. While studying, he worked as a red carpet cameraman and upon graduation wrote and directed several spec scripts and self-financed indies which have been screened at festivals all over the world. Accomplishments include a first place genre prize at the StoryPros Awards, the Grand Prize at the California Film Awards, second runner-up at the Domani Visionfest and more. “Upstream” represents Martin‘s first creative endeavour into animated filmmaking.
Filmography: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3622306/
I should start this director’s statement by giving you, those who are about to watch this strange film, a sense of what you are about to see. It is a film about dreams that also holds the inverse: a dream about film – and not only that, but sketch and newsreel too. For me, there has always been something…
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