I’m Paula Nahr

An experimental filmmaker and social impact producer working at the intersection of cinema, identity, and human vulnerability. Born in Colombia, raised in Aruba, and professionally shaped between the Caribbean, the United States, and Europe, my work is deeply informed by migration, womanhood, and lived experience across cultures. I studied in New York City and spent over a decade producing documentary work focused on urgent social issues, including human trafficking, violence against women, bullying, and youth vulnerability.

In 2011, I founded Switch Foundation in Aruba, a social impact organisation dedicated to using documentary film as a tool for awareness, education, and advocacy. Over more than 10 years, I produced and led multiple documentary projects in collaboration with NGOs, government bodies, and international organisations across the Caribbean and the Americas.

In 2020, I relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where I continue to develop my practice through experimental filmmaking, portraiture, and poetic visual storytelling. My current work blends documentary sensibility with an intimate, auteur-driven visual language, exploring themes of women, identity, trauma, and becoming.

I believe in film as a space for connection — a medium capable of holding complexity, healing wounds, and questioning power.