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Eliana Alvarez, was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Spain. She started to make short films when she was 16 years old and later received an Advanced Technical Degree in Image and Sound at the “Escuela Superior de Imagen y Tecnología, Geninfor” (Asturias, Spain). She worked for TV and production companies as a director and production manager for six years in Spain before moving to New York City in 2008. She recently completed the one year filmmaking conservatory at the New York Film Academy, where she directed and produced eight short films and photographed seven other projects.
Her Thesis film entitled “The Storyteller” will be world premier at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) next October.
This festival is the largest festival of films for children in North America. It features over 200 films from 40 countries and screens a wide range of projects from live action and animated features, to shorts, TV series, documentaries, and child-produced works. One of the most unique festivals in the country, showcasing the best in culturally diverse, non-violent, value affirming new cinema for children, the CICFF is the only children’s film festival to be an Academy Award® Qualifying Festival.
