Alejandro Alonso Estrella

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Cuba

Alejandro Alonso Estrella

Biography

Alejandro ALONSO ESTRELLA (1987, Cuba) is an award-winning short documentary filmmaker, who graduated in Documentary Direction from Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Havana. The Farewell (2014) had its world premiere at IDFA and amongst other prizes, won Best Documentary at Gibara Film Festival. His first feature documentary, The Project (2017), premiered at Visions du Réel and was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at DOK Leipzig. During 2017 and 2019, Alonso Estrella coordinated the Alternative Cinema master programme at EICTV. In 2021 he was selected as a Resident of the Spanish Film Academy to work on the writing of The Star.

Known For

Director

2021
Terranova

as Director

2021
Abyssal

as Director

2019
Home

as Director

2018
Metatron

as Director

2017
Duel

as Director

2017
The Project

as Director

2014
Candles

as Director

2014
The Farewell

as Director

Crew

2021
Terranova

as Cinematography

2021
Abyssal

as Cinematography

2014
Candles

as Cinematography

Editor

2021
Terranova

as Editor

2014
Candles

as Editor