Wagenberg received her BA in Comparative Literature and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and her Cinema Studies Master’s degree from New York University. After working as a distribution associate at New Yorker Films, she co--founded Cinema Tropical, a non-profit organization that promotes, programs and distributes Latin American Cinema in the United States. She founded, and for seven years directed, Latin Wave, the annual Latin American Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and has worked for numerous film festivals including The Miami International Film Festival, The New York Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films and the New York International Latino Film Festival. Since 2010, Monika has been the director of the Cartagena International Film Festival in Colombia and the Latin American delegate for the Zurich International Film Festival.
Wagenberg received her BA in Comparative Literature and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and her Cinema Studies Master’s degree from New York University. After working as a distribution associate at New Yorker Films, she co--founded Cinema Tropical, a non-profit organization that promotes, programs and distributes Latin American Cinema in the United States. She founded, and for seven years directed, Latin Wave, the annual Latin American Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and has worked for numerous film festivals including The Miami International Film Festival, The New York Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films and the New York International Latino Film Festival. Since 2010, Monika has been the director of the Cartagena International Film Festival in Colombia and the Latin American delegate for the Zurich International Film Festival.
