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Ángel Linares

Location:
Mexico
Languages:
English
Issues:
Climate Change, Disability Rights, Child Welfare, Education, Gun Violence, Hunger/Food insecurity, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Animal Welfare, Human Rights
Expertise:
Impact Producing, Mentorship
Cultural/racial identity:
Latinx
Self identification:
Male

Bio

Venezuelan documentary filmmaker based in Mexico, graduated from the National School of Film Arts of the UNAM (ENAC-UNAM), nominated for the Ariel Award for best documentary short film, and whose works as producer and director have been screened and awarded in venues such as the Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival (Award for Best Documentary Short Film), the Viña del Mar International Film Festival (FEISAL Award), the Sarajevo International Film Festival, Escales Documentaires International Documentary Creation Festival in La Rochelle, the Madrid Film Festival (Audience Award), among others. His projects in development have been selected and awarded, in venues such as: Encuentro Nuevas Miradas of the EICTV, Miradas DocMarket, DocMontevideo, Doculab of the FICG, Iberseries Platino Industria, the Catalyst Storieroad International, Ibermedia Program and Conecta. He has also directed documentaries and non-fiction content for Channel 22, OXFAM Mexico, Discovery Home and Health and Channel 14 of the Mexican Public Broadcasting System. In his career, it stands out that he was selected as part of the 2022 cohort of the Jackson Wild Summit Fellowship, the most prestigious meeting for environment and nature filmmakers in the world; as one of the 5 producers under 30 years old worldwide to be part of the Pathways Mentorship Program of the Realscreen Summit 2021, one of the most important non-fiction content meetings in the audiovisual industry; in the Emerging Content Creator Inclusion Initiative of the National Association of Latin Independent Producers (NALIP) of the United States and as Director in the Documentary International Film Camp "Interaction" in Pozega, Serbia. His last documentary film in development "Kay" was grantee by The Redford Center. His work focuses on the social and environmental problems of indigenous, peasant and rural communities in Latin America and the world.