Faride Schroeder

Faride Schroeder is a fourth-generation Mexican writer/director from a family of Lebanese immigrants, with a strong and intuitive female gaze. Her work as a Director has been featured on Los Angeles Times, Brut, Vogue, Time Out; she was spotlighted on Nowness as one of the 5 rising international female directors to watch and as one of the 100 Most Creative Mexicans in the World in 2021, by Forbes. She is co-founder of the Mexican female collective Dear Sisters, that fights hegemonic representation of women; and she is the Free The Work ambassador for Mexico, the global initiative for female filmmakers and underrepresented creators founded by Alma Har'el. Faride has a degree in Communication and Film Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana - Mexico City. Strong of 18 years in the Mexican and the International film industries, she was Assistant Director to Tatiana Huezo, Rafi Pitts, Mario Muñoz and Gerardo Tort, with producers like Nicolás Celis (Roma), Jim Stark (Coffee and Cigarettes), or Leonardo Zimbrón (Amazon Prime Video Latin America); she is co-producer of the fiction feature films 'Black Minutes' (Mario Muñoz, 2021) that got 8 nominations at the 64 Mexican Academy Awards, and the New York Times Critic's pick 'Son of Monarchs' (Alexis Gambis, 2021) which won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance 2021. Faride was assistant director of 'Prayers for the Stolen' (2021) winner of a special jury mention at Un Certain Regard, 74 Cannes Film Festival and shortlisted in the International Feature Film category for the 94th Academy Awards. Faride writes and directs her own films screened at La Semaine de la Critique, Fantasia International Film Festival, Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, Morelia International Film Festival and SFC 'Best Mexican Shorts' at Cannes Film Festival, among others, as she directs advertising/branded content for global brands like Google, Chevrolet or American Express for world-class companies like Voces Imaginarias, The Lift and, currently, Madrefoca. Her short Daughters of Witches (2021) produced by 20th Digital Studio/Disney premiered on Hulu, it was the first fiction film that the Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio starred since her successful debut in Alfonso Cuaron's, Roma. Faride along with 20th Digital Studio/Disney are now developing a horror feature based on her short film. Her short 'Mercy' (2014), starring Tenoch Huerta (Wakanda Forever, Narcos), is one of the most seen films on FilminLatino - the Mexican Film Institute platform. Her short 'Oasis'. (2020) won both the first National and the first International awards of Nespresso Talents 2020, and in 2021 she was part of the Nespresso Talents International Jury in Cannes Film Festival, along with the actors Zita Hanrot and Mark Chao. Faride won the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund for post-production at Los Cabos International Film Festival for her documentary feature 'Oasis' and her science fiction feature script 'The Lovers of this World' was selected by Morelia International Film Festival for the screenwriting lab leaded by the French writer Philippe Claudel, which is now in development. Faride is now represented by Alejandra Reyes / UTA.