Sergio Bonacci Lapalma

Born in Pasadena, CA in 1990. He is an Argentine - Chicano Film Director and Film Editor. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Humanities and Dramatic Art in 2008 at the St George's College of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He fell in love with the "New Cinema of Argentina". Therefore, graduated as a Film and Television Director at the Centro de Investigación y Experimentación en Video y Cine aka C.I.E.V.y C., and Editing, Cinematography and other related studies at the Prof. Training Center of the Film Union of Argentina (CFP-SICA). He also studied screenwriting with Academy Award Winner Filmmakers, Juan José Campanella and Aída Bortnik, and Cannes Winner filmmaker, Santiago Loza. He Directed and Edited the short documentary film, La maldita ilusión (2014), which won many awards in Film Festivals for its Production and Editing. He also produced several documentaries feature films for the Argentine National Film Board aka I.N.C.A.A. such as Soy Ringo (2014, José Luis Nacci), selected at BAFICI and The Havana Film Festival, and Sueño Antartico (2016, Bernardo Heredia), selected at the Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival from Hungary. He also was the Co-Editor for the short film Tony (2018, Malena Filmus), which was selected at BAFICI and Cannes, turning into a full series released on UN3. In the U.S.A. he worked in the Editorial Department of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival audience award winner documentary, Ferguson Rises by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu. He is currently the president of Non-Profit for the Arts, MakeArtNotWar.org (Los Angeles, CA).