Malena Roncayolo

Malena Roncayolo is a Venezuelan filmmaker with higher education studies in arts and languages in France and the United States. For 25 years she has worked as screenwriter, art director, film director and executive producer of several feature films, documentaries, as well as commercial, artistic, corporate and institutional projects. In 1986 she directed Casa Tomada (Taken House), a short fiction film awarded internationally, followed by Pacto de Sangre (Blood Pact, 1987), her first feature film. Between 1989 and 1991 she produced and directed Nuestros Inmigrantes (Our Immigrants), a series of six documentaries for Venezuelan TV. She has also directed and co-produced art documentaries with Brazil and France. She has produced films and documentaries related to Human Rights issues and violence against women, working together with civil organizations. In 1997 she directed and produced the TV film La Gloria de Mamporal (Mamporal's Glory). In 2002 she directed and produced "Acosada en Lunes de Carnaval" (Harassed in Carnaval's Monday), a co-production between Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia, screening in various international film festivals. She wrote the script and produced and directed her last documentary feature "De Navíos, Ron y Chocolate" (On Ships, Rum and Chocolate, 2013) about the 19th century French immigration to the Caribbean, an ambitious historical project that took her 7 years to complete between Venezuela and France. She has received numerous national and international awards during her career in film festivals such as Bahía (Brazil), Torino (Italy) and Mérida and Caracas (Venezuela). Film awards: · Tatú de Prata to the best fiction middle-film: Casa Tomada (Taken House), Festival of Bahía, Brazil, 1986. · Honorific Mention to the production of Casa Tomada, Municipal Council of Caracas, 1986. · Best supporting actors for the film Pacto de Sangre (Blood Pact), Mérida Festival, Venezuela, 1988. · Honorific Mention to ¿Premio Nobel de la Paz? (Nobel Peace Prize?), Festival of Torino, Italy, 2008. Participation in International Film Festivals: Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva (Spain) Chicago Latino Film Festival (USA) New York Latino Film Festival (USA) Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine (France) Festival Latinoamericano de Cine Independiente de Bahía (Brazil) Festival de Cine Venezolano de Merida (Venezuela) Rencontres du Cinéma Sud-Américain de Marseille (France) TOHorror Film Fest (Torino, Italy). Festival Internacional de Cine Mujeres en Foco (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Festival International de Films de Femmes (Paris, France) Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) Festival del Cinema Latino Americano a Trieste (Italy)