Alejandro Alonso Estrella
Director
Alejandro ALONSO ESTRELLA (1987, Cuba) Graduated in Documentary Filmmaking at the International School of Cinema and TV in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. His short film The Farewell (2014) had its world premiere at IDFA. Duel (2016) was premiered at Cinema du Réel; it won best short film in Mar del Plata Film Festival and Festival of Poppoli. His first feature The Project (2017) premiered at Visions du Réel and was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at DOK Leipzig. His medium-length film Terranova (2020) co-directed with Alejandro Pérez, won the Ammodo Tiger Short Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Abyssal (2021), had its premiere at Visions du Réel, won the Golden Dove Dok Leipzig and received the JHF Humanities Institute Award in Full Frame. In 2021 he was selected as a Resident of the Spanish Film Academy to work on the writing of The Star.
