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Alejandro Alonso Estrella

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Cuba

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Alejandro ALONSO ESTRELLA (1987, Cuba) is an award-winning short documentary filmmaker, who graduated in Documentary Direction from Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Havana. The Farewell (2014) had its world premiere at IDFA and amongst other prizes, won Best Documentary at Gibara Film Festival. His first feature documentary, The Project (2017), premiered at Visions du Réel and was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at DOK Leipzig. During 2017 and 2019, Alonso Estrella coordinated the Alternative Cinema master programme at EICTV. In 2021 he was selected as a Resident of the Spanish Film Academy to work on the writing of The Star.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
2014  Candles
2021  Abyssal
2021  Terranova

Director:
2014  Candles
2014  The Farewell
2017  Duel
2017  The Project
2018  Metatron
2019  Home
2021  Abyssal
2021  Terranova
2024  History Is Written at Night

Editor:
2014  Candles
2014  The Farewell
2017  Duel
2017  The Project
2018  Metatron
2019  Home
2021  Abyssal
2021  Terranova
2024  History Is Written at Night

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