About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1975-01-01
Place of birth:
Spain
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Carolina Astudillo Muñoz

Overview

Carolina Astudillo Muñoz (Santiago de Chile) is a documentary filmmaker, researcher and teacher. Degree in Social Communication from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Postgraduate Diploma in Film Studies from the Universidad Católica de Chile and MA in Creative Documentary from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She has developed and focused her work on historical research, documentary creation and writing, and women and historical memory have been her pivotal theme.

Her documentaries De monstruos y faldas (Of Monsters and Skirts – 2008), Lo indecible (The Unspeakable – 2012), El deseo de la Civilización: Notas para El gran vuelo (The desire of Civilization: Notes for The Great Flight – 2014) and Un paseo por New York Harbor (A cruise through New York Harbor – 2019) have been awarded and exhibited in festivals such as Mar del Plata, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Festival de Málaga Cine Español and Biarritz Amérique Latine.

Her first feature film, The Great Flight (2014) has been screened in various festivals, exhibitions and universities. She was awarded the Biznaga de Plata for Best Documentary at the Festival de Málaga (2015); Feroz Puerta Oscura Award for Best Documentary from the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España (AICE); award for Best Half-length Documentary in Alcances; Best documentary in Som Cinema. For this work the director won the Best Filmmaker Award granted by Asociación de Mujeres Cineastas y de Medios (CIMA) and the award to Best Editing in Sole Luna Doc Film Festival.

Her second feature film, Ainhoa, that’s not me (2018) won for the second time the Biznaga de Plata for Best Documentary at Festival de Málaga, the Grand Jury Prize at Escales Documentaires (2018); Best Sound Award and Special Jury Award at DocumentaMadrid (2018)

She has been invited to show her work at Université Paris-Sorbonne, Université de Franche-Comté, Université de Bourgogne, Aix-Marseille Université, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Universidad de Salamanca (CEISAL), Universidad del País Vasco (TyF), and Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.

She has participated in academic activities and has taught courses, master classes and seminars (on Documentary Film Theory and Found Footage) in different universities and Cinema Schools such as the Universidad de Santiago (Chile), Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia), Universidad Chileno-Británica de Cultura (Chile), Schools of Cinema ECIB, La Casa del Cine and LENS (España) among others.

She combines her filmmaking work with the creation of videos for the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) and for the Associació per la Cultura i la Memòria de Catalunya (ACME).

Since 2016 she has been a member of the Spanish Academy of Arts and Film Sciences (AACCE).

Known for

Acting
2024 Postcard (Or, from afar, you are a mirage) Actor Voz N/A
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2023 I Wanna Be Your Mum Actor N/A
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2022 That Fleeting Essence Left by Events Actor Narrator N/A
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Directing
2024 Postcard (Or, from afar, you are a mirage) Directing Director N/A
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2022 That Fleeting Essence Left by Events Directing Director N/A
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2022 Song to a Lady in the Shadow Directing Director 58
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2021 And yet they were there Directing Director N/A
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2020 Naturaleza muerta Directing Director N/A
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2019 Un paseo por New York Harbor Directing Director N/A
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2018 Ainhoa: That's Not Me Directing Director 59
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2015 The Great Flight Directing Director 59
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2014 The Civilization Desire: Notes of the Great Flight Directing Director N/A
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2012 The Unspeakable Directing Director N/A
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2008 Of Monsters and Skirts Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Postcard (Or, from afar, you are a mirage) Writing Writer N/A
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2022 That Fleeting Essence Left by Events Writing Writer N/A
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2022 Song to a Lady in the Shadow Writing Writer 58
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2020 Naturaleza muerta Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Ainhoa: That's Not Me Writing Writer 59
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2015 The Great Flight Writing Writer 59
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2014 The Civilization Desire: Notes of the Great Flight Writing Screenplay N/A
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2012 The Unspeakable Writing Screenplay N/A
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2008 Of Monsters and Skirts Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2015 The Great Flight Production Producer 59
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Editing
2024 Postcard (Or, from afar, you are a mirage) Editing Editor N/A
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2022 That Fleeting Essence Left by Events Editing Editor N/A
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2020 Naturaleza muerta Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Un paseo por New York Harbor Editing Editor N/A
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