Paula Astorga

Artistic Director of the International Documentary Film Festival DocsLisboa

Since August 2022, she has been Head of Studies at the Producer’s Lab Open Doors at the Locarno Film Festival. She is also a consultant and international advisor for audiovisual projects, in development and exhibition.

In 2012 she was appointed and decorated Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her work in audiovisual culture. As a producer, she produced the feature documentary Omar y Gloria, by Jaime Cohen Ades (2017), and more recently the fiction film Trigal, by Anabel Caso (2022), winner of two Ariel 2023 awards, among others. She is the founding director of the seminar El Público del Futuro FICUNAM.Since August 2022, she has been Head of Studies at the Producer’s Lab Open Doors at the Locarno Film Festival. She is also a consultant and international advisor for audiovisual projects, in development and exhibition.

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