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Clare Weiskopf
- Location:
- Colombia
- Languages:
- English, Spanish
- Issues:
- Education, Hunger/Food insecurity, Women and Girls, Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Impact Strategist/Advisor
- Cultural/racial identity:
- white
- Self identification:
- female
Bio
Clare Weiskopf is a filmmaker with a background as a journalist. Clare is interested in exploring taboo subjects in depth, creating intimate stories that build an emotional journey in which fundamental questions arise. Her latest film ALIS (codirector and producer) has won 15 international awards including Berlinale’s Crystal Bear and Teddy Award. Her debut AMAZONA (codirector and producer) premiered at IDFA and was nominated as Best Ibero-American Film at the Goya Awards. As a journalist she worked on social issues ranging from the armed conflict in Colombia and sexual violence as a weapon of war to the global spread of cumbia music, and she was twice a winner of the Colombian National Journalism Award. Clare has directed several documentaries and doc series for TV channels. Clare is a founding member of Casatarantula and DOCCO Distribution and Promotion agency. Clare has been a tutor in CreaDoc-MiradasDoc (Spain) and teaches film in several universities. She is frequently invited as an advisor and as a jury in film funds.
