Maite Alberdi
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Alberdi at the 2017 Miami International Film Festival
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| Born | Maite Alberdi Soto 29 March 1983 Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | The Mole Agent |
Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic.[1] Her film The Mole Agent (2020) was an Academy Awards nominee for Best Documentary[2] and a contender for Best International Feature.[3] The film was also a nominee at the Goya Awards for Best Iberoamerican Film. She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.[4]
Career
She is the Audiovisual Director of the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, and teaches documentary directing at several universities.[5] Her works as a film critic have been published on the site La Fuga, a film studies magazine founded in 2005 in Santiago, Chile, with the intent to "open a field of debate and academic reflection, producing and disseminating unpublished material of interest for the cinematographic cultural field."[1] She co-authored a book, Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973.[5]
She was invited as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in June 2018, under the documentary branch.[6] She was also acting producer for Los Reyes, following the lives of two stray dogs as "they wander around the oldest skatepark (Los Reyes) in the Chilean capital of Santiago."[7]
Education
Maite Alberdi has a degree in Aesthetics and a degree in Social Communication from the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile.[1]
Filmography
Since 2004, Alberdi has participated in taking on various roles in the making of each of these films. Films with their original Spanish titles are followed by their English translation, or English-provided title in parentheses.
- The Eternal Memory (2023)[8]
- The Mole Agent (2020)[9]
- Los Reyes (The Kings) (2018)[10]
- Los niños (2016)
- Yo no soy de aquí (I'm Not From Here; short film) (2016)
- Vida sexual de las plantas (The Sexual Life of Plants) (2015)
- Propaganda (2014)
- La once (Tea Time) (2014)
- Verano (Summer) (2011)
- El salvavidas (The Lifeguard) (2011)
- Las peluqueras (The Hairdressers; short film) (2008)
- Los trapecistas (The Trapeze Artists; short film, 2005)
- Carrete Down (Reel Down; short film) (2004)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | Goya Awards | Best Iberoamerican Film | La once | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Pedro Sienna Awards | Best Feature Length Documentary | Nominated | ||
| Best Direction | Nominated | ||||
| Platino Awards | Best Documentary | Nominated | |||
| 29th European Film Awards | Best Short Film (shared with Giedrė Žickytė) | I'm Not from Here | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Pedro Sienna Awards | Best Documentary Short Film | Won | ||
| Miami International Film Festival | Knight Documentary Achievement Award | Los niños | Nominated | ||
| Zeno Mountain Award | Won | ||||
| 2018 | Platino Awards | Best Documentary | Nominated | [11] | |
| 2020 | Academy Awards | Best Documentary Feature (shared with Marcela Santibanez) | The Mole Agent | Nominated | [12][13] |
| Bergen International Film Festival | Documentaire Extraordinaire | Nominated | |||
| Goya Awards | Best Iberoamerican Film | Nominated | [14] | ||
| Miami International Film Festival | Knight Documentary Achievement Award | Nominated | |||
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | Audience Award for Best Film | Nominated | |||
| Audience Award for Best European Film | Won | ||||
| National Board of Review Awards | Top Five Foreign Language Films | Won | [15] | ||
| 2021 | Cinema Eye Honors | Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [16][17] | ||
| 2023 | Sundance Film Festival | World Cinema Documentary Competition (Grand Jury Award) | The Eternal Memory | Won | [18] |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Audience Award | Nominated | [19] | ||
| Miami International Film Festival | Documentary Achievement Award | Nominated | [20] |
References
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- ↑ "Director Masterclass with Maite Alberdi". Scottishdocinstitute.com. Accessed 31 July 2023.
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External links
- Maite Alberdi at the Internet Movie Database
- Voces Cine Panel "Chilean cinema, industry and internationalization"
- The Grown Ups interview: moving documentary casts Down's syndrome in a new light
- _Cat & Docs Boards ‘Los Reyes’
- "Cinélatino" La once/ Tea Time
- “El Salvavidas” de Maite Alberdi: Lejos de Baywatch, cerca del Tabo
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