Kani Lapuerta
Documentary filmmaker, researcher, and transfeminist activist.
He holds a Master’s degree in Documentary Film from the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (UNAM). He has directed several documentaries in Mexico, exploring diverse topics through the lens of dissident bodies.
His latest work, Niñxs, follows the life of Karla, a trans teenager living in a small town in Mexico. The film is accompanied by a powerful impact campaign that aims to influence public education in Mexico and push for real inclusion of trans people in the film industry.
His short film La Fuga premiered in 2021 at the Morelia International Film Festival and has since been awarded and screened at various film festivals across Latin America and Europe.
He has collaborated with La Sandía Digital A.C. since 2015, producing audiovisual projects focused on gender and territorial defense.
He facilitates workshops on community-based filmmaking and transfeminist cinema in collective spaces and institutions such as UNAM, cultural centers in Mexico, and abroad. He is also the founder of Cine contra la Transfobia (Cinema Against Transphobia), through which he organized the first showcase “One-Minute Film Against Transphobia.”
Throughout his career, he has served as a consultant and advisor for projects seeking to incorporate an ethical approach to diverse gender experiences—both in production practices and narrative structures.
