Vicenta

Director: Carla Valencia

Country: Ecuador

Recognition:

Valencia began her career as a production assistant, making her debut as a director in 2006 with the short film “Restos”. She also behaved as an editor for several Chilean documentaries selected at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2007. “Abuelos” was her first feature-length documentary, presented in 2010 in competition at IDFA official. Valencia has continued her way in directing with Emilia (2010) and Vicenta (2014).

Selections and Awards:

Selections:

Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival (France)

Tripoli Film Festival (Lebanon)

16° Festival Internacional de Cine de Derecho Humanos (Argentina)

International Young Filmmakers Festival of Granada (Spain – 2015)

Concorto Film Festival (Italy – 2015)

São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brasil – 2015)

The Paris Human Rights International Film Festival (France)

Festival Internacional de Cine Documental ENCUENTROS DEL OTRO CINE (Ecuador -2016)

DOK Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Short Films (Germany)

Lakino: Latin American Film Festival Berlin (Germany)

9no Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Hayah (Panama)

Ecuadorian Film Festival in New York (United states – 2016)

Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden – 2016)

Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche (Spain)

Artículo 31, Festival de Cine Documental, Videoperiodismo y Derechos Humanos (Spain)

IX Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente, CONTRA EL SILENCIO TODAS LAS VOCES (Mexico)

Baixada Animada. Muestra Iberoamericana de Cine de Animación (Brazil)

FESAALP Festival de Cine Latinoamericano (Argentina)

13 Mostra Udigrudi Mundial de Animação (Brazil)

Awards:

Best Animated Short Film – FESAALP Festival de Cine Latinoamericano