Maite Alberdi

Maite Alberdi Soto (Santiago, Chile, March 29, 1983) 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. Maite is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.

Maite Alberdi
Alberdi at the 2017 Miami International Film Festival
Born
Maite Alberdi Soto

(1983-03-29) March 29, 1983
Santiago, Chile
NationalityChilean
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2004–present
Known forThe Mole Agent

Career

She is the Audiovisual Director of 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 site La Fuga, a film studies magazine founded in 2005 in Santiago, Chile, with the objective to "open a field of debate and academic reflection, producing and disseminating unpublished material of interest for the cinematographic cultural field."[1] She co-authored a book titled Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973.[4] She was invited as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in June 2018, under the documentary branch.[5] 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."[6]

Style and themes

As a director, Maite Alberdi takes interest in the intimate portrayal of the characters, often working with them over multiple years and curating a lasting relationship. Her style has been achieved through everyday storytelling in small-scale worlds, while also focusing great attention to normalize characters, highlighting different issues relating to disability, marginalization, often observing moments that are usually made private.[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, Maite 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 parenthesis.

  • The Eternal Memory (2023)[8]
  • The Mole Agent (2020)
  • Los Reyes (The Kings) (2018)[9]
  • Los niños (The Grown-Ups) (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.
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 [10]
2020 Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature (shared with Marcela Santibanez) The Mole Agent Nominated [11][12]
Bergen International Film Festival Documentaire Extraordinaire Nominated
Goya Awards Best Iberoamerican Film Nominated [13]
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 [14]
2021 Cinema Eye Honors Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary Feature Nominated [15][16]
2023 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition (Grand Jury Award) The Eternal Memory Won [17]
Berlin International Film Festival Audience Award Nominated [18]
Miami International Film Festival Documentary Achievement Award Nominated [19]

References
  1. "Maite Alberdi". Cinechile. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  2. 2021|Oscars.org
  3. "93RD OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN NINE AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  4. POV (2015-01-15). "Filmmaker Bio | Tea Time | POV | PBS". POV | American Documentary Inc. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  5. New Members 2018
  6. Mayorga, Emilio (2018-11-06). "IDFA: Cat & Docs Boards 'Los Reyes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  7. The Grown-ups interview: moving documentary casts Down’s syndrome in a new light|BFI
  8. "The Eternal Memory | 2023 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  9. "Los Reyes". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  10. "'Una mujer fantástica' domina las candidaturas de los Premios Platino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  11. Lowry, Brian (April 26, 2021). "Academy Awards 2021: 'Nomadland' wins Best Picture At an Oscars That Spreads the Wealth". CNN. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  12. "My Octopus Teacher" Wins Best Documentary Feature | 93rd Oscars
  13. Belinchón, Gregorio (January 18, 2021). "'Adú', 'Akelarre' y 'Las niñas' lideran las nominaciones a los Goya 2021". El País. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  14. Davis, Clayton (January 26, 2021). "National Board of Review Names 'Da 5 Bloods' Best Picture, Spike Lee Becomes Second Black Director Winner". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  15. Lewis, Hilary (January 26, 2021). "Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always', 'Minari', 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom', 'Nomadland' Top Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  16. 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Winner's List|IndieWire
  17. "The Complete List of 2023 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners". festival.sundance.org. January 23, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  18. "The Eternal Memory". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  19. "The Eternal Memory". miamifilmfestival2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
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