Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic. She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.Micromundo Producciones website, Micromundo.cl. Accessed 31 July 2023.
Education Alberdi graduated from the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile with degrees in aesthetics and social communication.
Career Alberdi is a director and filmmaker from the Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, and teaches documentary directing at several universities. Her works as a film critic have been published on the website La Fuga, a film studies magazine founded in 2005 in Santiago, Chile, with the intent to "open a field of debate and academic reflection, producing and disseminating unpublished material of interest for the cinematographic cultural field." She co-authored a book, Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973.Teorías del cine documental en Chile: 1957-1973
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.
She was invited as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in June 2018, under the documentary branch.New Members 2018 She was also acting producer for Los Reyes, following the lives of two stray dogs as "they wander around the oldest skatepark (Los Reyes) in the Chilean capital of Santiago." In 2020, her film The Mole Agent gained international recognition and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being the first Chilean documentary film to be nominated for an Academy Award.2021|Oscars.org. Accessed 31 July 2023. 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.
Filmography Since 2004, Alberdi has participated in taking on various roles in the making of each of these films. Films with their original Spanish titles are followed by their English translation, or English-provided title in parentheses.
A Child of My Own (2026) In Her Place (2024) The Eternal Memory (2023) The Mole Agent (2020)"Director Masterclass with Maite Alberdi". Scottishdocinstitute.com. Accessed 31 July 2023. Los Reyes (The Kings) (2018) Los niños (2016) Yo no soy de aquí (I'm Not From Here; short film) (2016) Sex Life of Plants (2015) Propaganda (2014) La once (Tea Time) (2014) Verano (Summer) (2011) El salvavidas (The Lifeguard) (2011) Las peluqueras (The Hairdressers; short film) (2008) Los trapecistas (The Trapeze Artists; short film, 2005) Carrete Down (Reel Down; short film) (2004)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2015 Goya Awards Best Iberoamerican FilmLa once 2016Pedro Sienna Awards Best Feature Length Documentary Best Direction Platino Awards Best Documentary 29th European Film Awards Best Short Film (shared with Giedrė Žickytė)I'm Not from Here 2017 Pedro Sienna Awards Best Documentary Short Film Miami International Film Festival Knight Documentary Achievement AwardLos niños Zeno Mountain Award 2018 Platino Awards Best Documentary 2020 Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature (shared with Marcela Santibanez)The Mole Agent "My Octopus Teacher" Wins Best Documentary Feature | 93rd Oscars, youtube.com. Accessed 31 July 2023. Bergen International Film Festival Documentaire Extraordinaire Goya Awards Best Ibero-American Film Miami International Film Festival Knight Documentary Achievement Award San Sebastián International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Film Audience Award for Best European Film National Board of Review Awards Top Five Foreign Language Films 2021 Cinema Eye Honors Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary Feature 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Winner's List|IndieWire. Accessed 31 July 2023.2023Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition (Grand Jury Award) The Eternal Memory Berlin International Film Festival Audience Award Miami International Film FestivalDocumentary Achievement Award 2024Goya AwardsBest Ibero-American FilmAcademy AwardsBest Documentary Feature Film
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Voces Cine Panel "Chilean cinema, industry and internationalization" The Grown Ups interview: moving documentary casts Down's syndrome in a new light _Cat & Docs Boards ‘Los Reyes’ "Cinélatino" La once/ Tea Time “El Salvavidas” de Maite Alberdi: Lejos de Baywatch, cerca del Tabo