Image Almada, Natalia She received a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She obtained the MacArthur, Guggenheim, USA Artists and Alpert grants. Her work has been shown at more than 30 film screenings and festivals around the world and has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She received a Special Mention at the 3rd FICM for her feature-length documentary Al otro lado (2005), which also won the award for Best Documentary at the 1st Puerto Rico International Film Fest & Convention (PRIFFC) and the Cultural Voice Award at the 6th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF), among others. She participated in the 7th FICM with her feature-length documentary El General (2009), which won the Best Director Award at the 25th Sundance Film Festival and the Third Coral Award at the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. At the 9th FICM, she participated with her feature-length documentary El velador (2011), which was shown at the 43rd Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes, and won, among other prizes, the award for Best Documentary at the 13th International Film Festival Bratislava; the SICA Award and a Special Mention for the FEISAL Award at the 26th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; and the award for Best Cinematography at the 14th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM in French), Canada. Her first feature film Everything Else (2005) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM. Other Movies Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More Related News Todo lo demás, de Natalia Almada, inaugurará Cinema Village 05 · 03 · 18 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Official Selection of the 14th FICM: Todo lo demás 10 · 23 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Natalia Almada 10 · 03 · 16 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Almada, Natalia She received a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She obtained the MacArthur, Guggenheim, USA Artists and Alpert grants. Her work has been shown at more than 30 film screenings and festivals around the world and has participated in four editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). She received a Special Mention at the 3rd FICM for her feature-length documentary Al otro lado (2005), which also won the award for Best Documentary at the 1st Puerto Rico International Film Fest & Convention (PRIFFC) and the Cultural Voice Award at the 6th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF), among others. She participated in the 7th FICM with her feature-length documentary El General (2009), which won the Best Director Award at the 25th Sundance Film Festival and the Third Coral Award at the 31st International Festival of New Latin American Film in Havana, Cuba. At the 9th FICM, she participated with her feature-length documentary El velador (2011), which was shown at the 43rd Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes, and won, among other prizes, the award for Best Documentary at the 13th International Film Festival Bratislava; the SICA Award and a Special Mention for the FEISAL Award at the 26th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina; and the award for Best Cinematography at the 14th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM in French), Canada. Her first feature film Everything Else (2005) is part of the Official Selection of the 14th FICM.
Naza Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. See More
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
The Buzz During a live national television interview, Verónica, a famous and widely admired actress, struggles to uphold the image of a perfect life as her inner world fractures under the weight of private abuse. Trapped between silence, fear, and a sudden panic attack, she must decide whether to continue performing the illusion—or break the cycle in front of everyone. See More
Todo lo demás, de Natalia Almada, inaugurará Cinema Village 05 · 03 · 18 Winners 14º Morelia International Film Festival 11 · 29 · 16 Official Selection of the 14th FICM: Todo lo demás 10 · 23 · 16 Realizadores FICM 2016: Natalia Almada 10 · 03 · 16
