CARMEN GUARINI

Graduated in Anthropology at the University of Buenos Aires in 1980. In 1988 she obtained a PhD of the 3ème cycle in Etudes Theatrales et Cinématographiques. Specialisation: Cinéma Anthropologique – Paris I- Sorbonne and Paris X-Nanterre (France), she wrote her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Jean Rouch. Additionally she received two Diplomes d’Etudes Approfondies - D.E.A. in Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle – from the UniversityParis-V Sorbonne (France) (1981) and a D.E.A. in Etudes Theatrales et Cinématographiques (Specialisation: Cinéma Anthropologique)at Paris I-Sorbonne/Paris X-Nanterre (1982).

Since 1992 she is an Investigator at the National Board for Scientific and Technical Investigations in her country. She established and coordinates since this year the Visual Anthropology Programme at the Anthropological Scientific Institute of the University of Buenos Aires. Since 1984 she also works as a professor at this same university. She lectured and still gives numerous courses on Documentary Film at several different institutes, such as; the Foundation Universidad de Cine, TEA Photo Journalism, EICTV Cuba and at different universities around the country. She also was invited as a guest lecturer at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, where she coordinated the graduate thesis´ in her specialty: Documentary Film and Visual Anthropology. 

In 1988 she founded and since then co-directed de documentary production company CINE OJO ( pioneer in Argentina) with the objective to produce, distribute and promote documentary film.

In the year 2001 she was nominated by the Konex Foundation of Argentina as one of the best documentary film makers of the country due to her work in the last ten years.

Guarini received funding and subsidies from, among others; the Canadian Government, the National foundation of Arts, the National Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute, Soros Documentary Foundation, the Jan Vrijman Fund. She participated as a jury member in several International Film Festivals like; Friborg (Switzerland), Lisbon (Portugal), Havana (Cuba), Trieste (Italy), E Tudo Verdade, Bahia (Brazil), Documenta Madrid, Spain and in several National Festivals. 

She wrote various articles on her specialty: Visual Anthropology and Documentary Film, and she participated in numerous conferences and round tables concerning both themes.

Guarini directed and co-directed numerous feature length documentaries, all commercially released in Argentina and distributed internationally both at various international film festivals and retrospective programmes of the CINE OJO company (In Spain, Portugal, Italy and France.) Next to this she directed a great amount of shorts and videos.

AS A DIRECTOR:

HOSPITAL BORDA: UN LLAMADO A LA RAZON (65’ - 1985)
Special Jury Award, Santa Fe National Film Festival, Argentina 1986

A LOS COMPAÑEROS LA LIBERTAD (28’ - 1988)
¨Der Miterbeiter¨ Award, Oberhausen International Festival, Germany 1988
Award for the Best Film for Human Rights, Independent Film Days of Bahia, Brazil 1988
Jury´s Honourable Mention, Badalona International Festival, Spain 1988
 
BUENOS AIRES, CRONICAS VILLERAS (50’ - 1988)
Award from the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation, International Festival of Mannheim, Germany 1988.

LA NOCHE ETERNA (80’ - 1990)
Award for the Best Original Film Music, Independent Film Days of Bahia, Brazil 1991
Special Jury Award, SUR Award. First Argentinean Film Festival, Buenos Aires 1992.
Award  in the Informative Section, Salerno International Film Festival, Italy 1993.
Special Notification from the SIN ANESTESIA Association, ¨Listeners for free expression¨.
Nominated for the Association of Cinematographic Writers of Argentina in the categories: Best Script, Best Direction, Best Film 1991.

LA VOZ DE LOS PAÑUELOS (45’ - 1992)
Worldfest Bronze Award, Houston International Festival, USA 1993.
Award Video Section, Figueira da Foz Festival, Portugal, 1993.
Special Notification from the SIN ANESTESIA Association, ¨Listeners for free expression¨.

UNA SOLA VOZ  (26’ - 1995)
Award Canaria Video Documental Festival, 1995
Honourable Mention - Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 1995
Grand Prix Window on the World - Metroland Short Film Festival,  USA 1995
Cinéma du Réel, 1996

JAIME DE NEVARES, ULTIMO VIAJE (70’ - 1995)
Festival Award: "Riconoscimento Festival of Latin American Cinema, Italy 1995.
The Golden Dove – Feature Length.Internationales Leipziger Festival fur Dokumentar und Animationsfilm, Germany 1995.
Special Jury Award and Audience Award, International Documentary Film Meeting, 1995.
Special Award OCIC.  XVII International Festival for New Latin American Film, Cuba 1995.
Finalist Award. Houston Film Festival, USA 1996
Honourable Mention for Feature Length Documentary Film. Philadelphia International Film Festival, USA 1996
Best Feature Length Documentary. Independent Film Days of Bahia, Brazil 1996.

TINTA ROJA  (70’ - 1998)
Special Jury Notification, “E Tudo Verdade” Documentary Film Festival, San Paolo 1998 
Best Documentary. Independent Film Days of Bahia, Brazil 1998
Special Notification Critic´s Jury in MIFF Bombay, India 2000.
Selected in Locarno, Marseille, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, San Sebastián, Filmer á Tout Prix, etc.

PARTITION PAR VOIX DES FEMMES (90’ / Segmento Ecuador 10’ - 2001)
Feature length Canadian film, realised by a collective coordinated by director Sophie Bissonette.

SILENCIO ROTO (26’- 2001)
Canadian production. Short film shot in Ecuador concerning the first School for the Education of Native Women of Latin America. A series of six shorts shot on location about the situation of these women and their current battles.

H.I.J.O.S.  EL ALMA EN DOS (80’- 2002)
Festivals: E Tudo Verdade, Brasil – Popoli, Italy – IDFA, The Netherlands – BAFICI, Argentina – Goteborg, Sweden - International Visual Culture Festival, Finland.
 
EL DIABLO ENTRE LAS FLORES (26’  2003)
Festivals: Visions du Réel, Switserland – Cinememoria, Ecuador -  BAFICI, Argentina.

MEYKINOF (60’  2005)
Festivals: XX Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy 2005.
CARREFOUR DES CINEMAS, Paris, France 2005 
Pirápolis Film Festival, Uruguay 2005
Festival of Lima, Peru 2005
Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival, 2005
San Diego Latin Festival, USA 2006 
Documenta Madrid, Spain 2006

AS PRODUCER AND CO-PRODUCER: (Most important films)

• ALLER SIMPLE/VIAJE DE IDA by Noel Burch and Nelson Scartaccini (France/Argentina)
• CHE: MUERTE DE LA UTOPIA by Fernando Birri (Germany /Argentina)
• EL SIGLO DEL VIENTO de Fernando Birri (Germany/Spain/France/Argentina)
• LA TV Y YO by Andres Di Tella (Argentina)
• POR LA VUELTA by Cristian Pauls (Argentina)
• YO NO SE QUE ME HAN HECHO TUS OJOS by Sergio Wolf and Lorena Muñoz (Argentina)
• MURGAS Y MURGUEROS by Pedro Fernandez Moujan (Argentina)
• PROHIBIDO DORMIR by Paula Bassi and Diego Paulí (Argenina)
• EL TIEMPO Y LA SANGRE by Alejandra Almirón (Argentina)