Ignacio Agüero

Ignacio Agüero is one of the most renowned documentary filmmakers in Chile He studied Architecture and Cinema and graduated from the School of Communication Arts of the Universidad Católica de Chile with the title of Artistic Director with a mention in cinema in 1979 He is a founding member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Chile of which he was its first president Although he has stood out for making independent documentaries he has also worked as a producer editor cameraman actor and has been a judge in national and international competitions In 1988 he participated as codirector and editor of La Franja del NO a television message in the campaign for the plebiscite that overthrew the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet Parallel to his work as a filmmaker he has produced numerous works commissioned by television both national and foreign Among them the most important ones Neruda all the love 1998 with script by Antonio Skármeta filmed for Canal Spain and several chapters of the series Heredia asociados based on the stories of novelist Ramon Diaz Eterovic From his production company Ignacio Agüero Asociado he produced the series Maldito corazón about historical crimes in Chile winner of the National Television Council contest and produced for Chilevisión in 2011 No olvidar 1982 his initial film touches on the theme of the socalled Lonquén Ovens Massacre committed in 1978 and discovered a few years later In 1988 Agüero made a documentary that made history One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train From misery and marginality the film tells the innocent story of a group of children who travel from their town to the center of the city to attend a film session for the first time It was awarded the First Prize for a Documentary at the 1988 Havana Film Festival the year of its premiere In 1993 she premiered the documentary Dreams of Ice which won the Grand Prize for Documentary at the MannheinHeidelberg Festival in 1994 and in 2000 her documentary Aquí se construye first prize at the Docupolis Festival in Barcelona and best national documentary at FIDOCS Santiago de Chile in 2001 In 2004 he made the documentary La mamá de mi abuela le contó a mi abuela Later he made the outstanding documentary El diario de Agustín 2008 about the active participation of the newspaper El Mercurio in the military coup and later in the consolidation of the military dictatorship In 2011 he made a documentary about the building that currently houses the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center GAM 2001 and in 2012 he premiered his personal documentary El otro día a film with Al that won the Altazor 2014 Award for documentary direction This is the fourth Altazor obtained by Ignacio Agüero after the triumphs of 2005 with La mamá de mi abuela le contó a mi abuela 2006 with Heredia y Asociados and 2009 with El diario de Agustín He has conducted numerous training workshops in Chile Mexico Barcelona Bolivia and has developed project tutorials in Mexico Costa Rica Buenos Aires Nicaragua and Chile Ignacio Agüero is an associate professor at the Institute of Communication and Image ICEI of the Universidad de Chile and Coordinator of the Masters Degree in Documentary Film