Sonia Bautista-Alarcón

Screenwriter, director, and producer. She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication. She studied Screenwriting at the EICTV in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She first got involved in cinema with the Etna Group in Paris in 2008, where she made her first experimental short film in 16mm under the guidance of filmmaker Hugo Verlinde. She has chaired the national filmmakers’ association Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores and been a board member for five years. She directed the Madrid Film Festival for three years until 2022. She has written, directed, and produced numerous short films, branded content, music videos, and various audiovisual projects. She currently works as a producer at El Cañonazo Transmedia and is working on a new fiction short and her first documentary feature. She is a curator, programmer, project advisor, and jury member at various national and international film festivals, labs, and showcases.