Maite Alberdi

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Maite Alberdi
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Born
Maite Alberdi Soto

(1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 41)
Santiago, Chile
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active2004–present
Known for The Mole Agent

Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic. [1] She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones. [2]

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She is internationally known for her film The Mole Agent (2020), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being the first Chilean documentary film to be nominated for an Academy Award. [3] The film was also a nominee at the Goya Awards for Best Ibero-American Film.

Her next film The Eternal Memory furthered her international recognition. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Prize. In Spain, the film won both the Forqué Award for Best Latin American Film and the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film. The Eternal Memory was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being Alberdi's second nomination in the category.

For her documentaries La once (The Tea Time, 2014) and Los niños (The Grown-Ups 2016), she won the Best Female Documentary Director Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

Career

Alberdi is a director and filmmaker from the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, and teaches documentary directing at several universities. [4] Her works as a film critic have been published on the website 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in Santiago, Chile, with the intent to "open a field of debate and academic reflection, producing and disseminating unpublished material of interest for the cinematographic cultural field."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. [4] [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.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2015 Goya Awards Best Iberoamerican Film La onceNominated
2016 Pedro Sienna Awards Best Feature Length DocumentaryNominated
Best DirectionNominated
Platino Awards Best Documentary Nominated
29th European Film Awards Best Short Film (shared with Giedrė Žickytė)I'm Not from HereNominated
2017 Pedro Sienna Awards Best Documentary Short FilmWon
Miami International Film Festival Knight Documentary Achievement AwardLos niñosNominated
Zeno Mountain AwardWon
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 ExtraordinaireNominated
Goya Awards Best Ibero-American Film Nominated [14]
Miami International Film Festival Knight Documentary Achievement AwardNominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival Audience Award for Best FilmNominated
Audience Award for Best European FilmWon
National Board of Review Awards Top Five Foreign Language Films Won [15]
2021 Cinema Eye Honors Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
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 AwardNominated [19]
Miami International Film Festival Documentary Achievement AwardNominated [20]
2024 Goya Awards Best Ibero-American Film Won [21]
Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature Film Nominated [22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Maite Alberdi". Cinechile. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Micromundo Producciones website, Micromundo.cl. Accessed 31 July 2023.
  3. ↑ 2021|Oscars.org. Accessed 31 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 POV (15 January 2015). "Filmmaker Bio". POV | American Documentary Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973
  6. ↑ New Members 2018
  7. ↑ Mayorga, Emilio (6 November 2018). "IDFA: Cat & Docs Boards 'Los Reyes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "The Eternal Memory | 2023 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Director Masterclass with Maite Alberdi". Scottishdocinstitute.com. Accessed 31 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Los Reyes". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "'Una mujer fantástica' domina las candidaturas de los Premios Platino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  12. ↑ Lowry, Brian (26 April 2021). "Academy Awards 2021: 'Nomadland' wins Best Picture At an Oscars That Spreads the Wealth". CNN. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "My Octopus Teacher" Wins Best Documentary Feature | 93rd Oscars, youtube.com. Accessed 31 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Belinchón, Gregorio (18 January 2021). "'Adú', 'Akelarre' y 'Las niñas' lideran las nominaciones a los Goya 2021". El País . Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  15. ↑ Davis, Clayton (26 January 2021). "National Board of Review Names 'Da 5 Bloods' Best Picture, Spike Lee Becomes Second Black Director Winner". Variety . Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  16. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (26 January 2021). "Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always', 'Minari', 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom', 'Nomadland' Top Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  17. ↑ 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Winner's List|IndieWire. Accessed 31 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "The Complete List of 2023 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners". festival.sundance.org. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Eternal Memory". berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "The Eternal Memory". miamifilmfestival2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  21. ↑ Cinemanía (2024-02-11). "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  22. ↑ Pulver, Andrew; Shoard, Catherine (2024-03-11). "Ukraine war film 20 Days in Mariupol wins Oscar for best documentary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-03-13.
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