Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983,

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producer,

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, and

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. Her film ''

The Mole Agent ''The Mole Agent'' ( es, El agente topo) is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Maite Alberdi. It was screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. At the 93rd Academy Award ...

'' (2020) was an

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nominee for Best Documentary and a contender for Best International Feature. The film was also a nominee at the

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for Best Iberoamerican Film. She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.

Career

She is the Audiovisual Director of the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, and teaches documentary directing at several universities. Her works as a film critic have been published on the sit
La Fuga
a film studies magazine founded in 2005 in

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, with the intent to "open a field of debate and academic reflection, producing and disseminating unpublished material of interest for the cinematographic cultural field." She co-authored a book,
''Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973''
She was invited as a member of the

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in June 2018, under the documentary branch. 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."

Education

Maite Alberdi has a degree in Aesthetics and a degree in Social Communication from the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile.

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 ''The Eternal Memory'' ( es, La memoria infinita) is a 2023 Chilean documentary film directed by Maite Alberdi. The film follows the relationship of Chilean journalist Augusto Góngora and Chilean actress Paulina Urrutia. It was selected in the ...

'' (2023) *''

'' (2020) *''Los Reyes'' (''The Kings'') (2018) *''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

References

External links

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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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