Julio Ponce Palmieri is a multiple award-winning writer and filmmaker. His sci-fi web series titled 2012 was awarded a Webby Honoree under the extremely competitive Drama category at the 16th edition of the Webby Awards. Julio was named Filmmaker On The Rise and won Best Screenplay in New York City and his films have received numerous accolades and nominations in various film festivals all over the world. He was honoured with showcases of his innovative work in prestigious film festivals in Italy, Guatemala and New York City.

Julio is the founder and creative director of Quetzal Productions and since 2005 he has produced, written and directed three feature films, two web series and over half a dozen short films. The short films gained world-wide distribution with Ouat Media and were broadcast regularly on television channels in Canada, USA and Guatemala. Julio's feature film Rabid Rage enjoyed theatrical release in Guatemala where it had a successful run in numerous cinemas. It also secured worldwide distribution and played in Canada, USA, Guatemala, South Korea, Germany and Russia.

Julio specializes in adaptations and has successfully brought Machiavelli's The Prince, Plato's Myth Of The Cave and The Hubris Of Sisyphus to the screen. He is developing a few TV series, among them a crime drama titled Undercover and the epic mythological-historical tale of Gilgamesh. Julio is also proficient in writing for documentaries and served as the screenwriter and associate producer for a project in Venezuela titled Simon Bolivar Path To Glory.

Julio's film festival experience involved jury duties in Mexico's largest short film festival Cine A Las Calles, which included its first edition in Guatemala. He contributed as an Advisory Board member for QIFF where he represented both Canada and Guatemala and was responsible for bringing movies from those countries forward to the festival director. Julio has represented Guatemala with his films at the 17th Latin American Film Festival in Ottawa, Canada and the XXIV Festival Del Cinema Latino Americano in Trieste, Italy.

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