The Andean Screen

A Northwestern Argentinian teacher leads a mobile cinema crew to the most isolated school in the Jujuy high-altitude valleys, undergoing a 20-hour journey on foot in adverse conditions. Their arrival involves us in the high-altitude educational values, portraying the isolation in the Andean worlds and how communities engage with the earth. “The Andean Screen” is a poetic analogy between cinema and travel; a choral history spun by Silvina Velázquez, principal of the school, whose tenacity introduces a new paradigm for the women of the valleys.

Director, producer. She settles in Argentina for six years, where she works as a travel writer for Viajes National Geographic and National Geographic Traveler Latin America. There she also covers the Latin American television industry writing for the North American outlet The Daily Brief, Promax Global. During her sixth year in the country, she moves to the Andean Jujuy province in order to document the indigenous Kolla communities. There, she gets to know the work of the Mobile Cinema crew and the educational values of high-altitude contexts. Her approach to the audiovisual language develops in her homeland, working as a street casting director and assistant as well as being part of filming production teams. Some productions of this period stand out: Sueño y Silencio by Jaime Rosales (2011, Casting Direction Barcelona); The Impossible, by Juan Antonio Bayona (2010, Casting Kids); and EVA, by Kike Maíllo (2009, Casting Assistant). The Andean Screen is her first documentary as a director / producer. Filmography: The Andean Screen (2021) Documentary - director, producer

• – Longlist One World Media Awards (2023) – Women Solution’s Reporting Category / Nominated (UK)
• – International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023) – International Short Documentary / Camera Eye Short Documentary Category Jury’s Special Award (Turkey)
• – Annual Durango Independent Film Festival (2023) – Official Selection (USA)
• – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental, Pampa DocFest (2023) – Official Selection (Argentina)
• – MÓC GOR Mountain Spirit Festival (2022) / Best Sociocultural Film Award (Poland)
• – Festival Internacional du Film de Montagne d’Austrans (2022) – Official Selection (France)
• – Etnovideográfica, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico (2022) / Audience Award Finalist (Spain)
• – Ethnofest, Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (Greece)
• – Festival Internacional de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas FICCLACPI (2022) – Official Selection (Ecuador)
• – Torelló Mountain Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection  (Spain)
• – SUNCINE Festival Internacional de Cine del Medio Ambiente (2022) – Official Selection (Spain)
• – Festival del Cine dei Diritti Umani di Napoli (2022) – Official Selection (Italy)
• – Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (Germany)
• – Mostra de Cinema de Muntanya de Palm (2022) – Official Selection (Spain)
• – Inkafest Mountain Film Festival (2022) -Official Selection / Best Film in Mountain Culture Award (Peru)
• – San Francisco Latino Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (USA)
• – International Festival of Ethnological Film (2022) – Official Selection (Serb)
• – International Bansko Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (Bulgary)
• – Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador (2022) – Official Selection (Ecuador)
• – Terra Gollut Film Festival (2022) / Opening Film  (Spain)
• – Alpin Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (Romania)
• – Festival Internacional de Cine de las Alturas de Jujuy (2022) / Opening Film (Argentina)
• – Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos de Sucre (2022) – Official Selection /Honorable Mention (Bolivia)
• – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya (2022) – Official Selection / Best Mountain Film Award  (Spain)
• – Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (2022) – Selección oficial / Jury Award for Best Documentary Short Film (USA)
• – German International Ethnographic Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection (Germany)
• – Trento Film Festival (2022) – Official Selection / International Premiere (Italy)
• – BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia (2021) – Official Selection / National Premiere, Best Culture and Nature Film (Spain)