Biography
The Mexican-Salvadoran filmmaker has a degree from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City and a master’s in creative documentary from the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Her debut feature film "El lugar más pequeño" already garnered international attention. "Tempestad" premiered in the Berlinale Forum in 2016 and won the Ariel film award in Mexico in the categories of Best Documentary and Best Director while her feature film "Noche de fuego" received a Special Mention from the jury at Cannes. Both films were also entered for the Oscars and the Goya Awards.
Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)