International Feature-Lenght

The Narrativa Personal Award (Personal Vision Award) honors the career of a filmmaker whose work has explored the cinematic language at the boundary between reality and fiction, addressing the historical and contemporary sentiment of our society with critical insight. Through the diversity of themes, styles, and working methods of these filmmakers, the bears witness to the creative output of leading figures on the international film scene. The Narrativa Personal highlights the honoree’s trajectory by offering up a selection of the creator’s films, bringing audiences the opportunity to engage with the evolution of the artist and the universe they have created. The face-to-face encounter with the filmmaker provides a space to reflect on non-fiction cinema and reality, inviting us to question its laws, boundaries, and conventions.

Maite Alberdi was born in Santiago de Chile in 1983 into a large family of Basque origin where she was the eldest of five siblings. Alberdi stands out for her skill in forming an intimate connection with her subjects, capturing the essence of their humanity. Her cinema immerses itself in the routines of ordinary people, revealing their small acts of greatness and their quiet conflicts.