Maite Alberdi | |
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.jpg) Maite Alberdi in 2024 | |
| Born | Maite Alberdi Soto 29 March 1983 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | The Mole Agent |
Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic.[1] She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.[2]
She is internationally known for her film The Mole Agent (2020), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being the first Chilean documentary film to be nominated for an Academy Award.[3] The film was also a nominee at the Goya Awards for Best Ibero-American Film.
Her next film The Eternal Memory furthered her international recognition. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Prize. In Spain, the film won both the Forqué Award for Best Latin American Film and the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film. The Eternal Memory was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being Alberdi's second nomination in the category.
For her documentaries La once (The Tea Time, 2014) and Los niños (The Grown-Ups 2016), she won the Best Female Documentary Director Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
- ^ "Maite Alberdi". Cinechile. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Micromundo Producciones website, Micromundo.cl. Accessed 31 July 2023.
- ^ 2021|Oscars.org. Accessed 31 July 2023.