Lila Avilés (born in 1982) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, actress and producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, Avilés studied scenic arts with Ximena Escalante and José Caballero, and film scriptwriting with Beatriz Novaro and Paula Marcovich. After directing some shorts, she made her feature film debut in 2018 with '' The Chambermaid'', which premiered at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. With this film, Avilés won the Ariel Award for best debut work, and got a nomination for

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. The film was also chosen as the Mexican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Avilés' second feature film, ''

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'', was entered into the main competition at the

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, where it won the Ecumenical Award for Best Film. For her film, she also won the Best Director award at the 2023 Jerusalem Film Festival. It was also selected for the

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at the

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. Also in 2023, Avilés shot ''Eye Two Times Mouth'', a chapter of Miu Miu's short film anthology series

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Selected filmography

* '' The Chambermaid'' (2018) * ''

'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aviles, Lila 1982 births Living people Mexican women screenwriters Mexican women film directors Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses Mass media people from Barcelona Ariel Award winners