Alvaro de la Quintana Salas

La Paz, Bolivia, 1983

Period of residence: December 2011 – February 2012

Alvaro de la Quintana holds a degree in Corporate Communications and training in film school in Bolivia.

Artistic discipline: the Film Directing called globally gender-oriented fiction.

Although science fiction is its ultimate goal as a filmmaker, he wants to explore different genres depending on the opportunities and what feels during the process of writing or directing. However, in most films he has directed so far, the drama is its main film trend.

Use the media as a rich resource for this purpose, reflection on life in general, extreme moments that any human being can go, prefers to tell those stories that show that a person, despite the great difficulties of living, can get through it.

He was the winner of the short film La Paz Cultura Caótica a La Paz (Bolivia) sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in that country. Residence in Hangar 3 months during which he’ll perform a social-themed film project.

alvaro.oscar(at)hotmail.com