Claudia Llosa
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Claudia Llosa is a Peruvian
film director, writer and producer.
, studied in Newton College and received a degree in communication studies
in the University of Lima. She is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa
and the film director Luis Llosa
. At the end of the 1990s she moved to Madrid
, Spain
. From 1998 to 2001 she studied at the film academy Escuela TAI. At the end of her studies she started working on the script for Madeinusa
. She moved to Barcelona
working in the advertising industry. Madeinusa won the prize for the best unpublished script at the 2003 Havana Film Festival
.
In 2009 Llosa finished her second film The Milk of Sorrow
(La teta asustada) which was shortlisted for the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
. It was the first Peruvian film nominated for the Golden Bear
award, and won the main award.
On February 2, 2010 Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film Category.
Peruvian people
Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries, so people in Peru usually treat their nationality as a citizenship rather than an ethnicity. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century;...
film director, writer and producer.
Life and career
She was born in LimaLima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, studied in Newton College and received a degree in communication studies
Communication studies
Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...
in the University of Lima. She is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
and the film director Luis Llosa
Luis Llosa
Luis Llosa is a Peruvian film director. He is the cousin of the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.-Selected filmography:* Crime Zone * Sniper * Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon * Fire on the Amazon...
. At the end of the 1990s she moved to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. From 1998 to 2001 she studied at the film academy Escuela TAI. At the end of her studies she started working on the script for Madeinusa
Madeinusa
Madeinusa is a 2005 film set in the fictional indigenous village of Manayaycuna in the Peruvian Andes. The story covers three days in the lives of the villagers and a stranger from Lima...
. She moved to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
working in the advertising industry. Madeinusa won the prize for the best unpublished script at the 2003 Havana Film Festival
Havana Film Festival
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.The festival takes place...
.
In 2009 Llosa finished her second film The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
While some Peruvian critics gave the movie negative reviews, the plot and performance were praised by American and European critics.- Film Awards:...
(La teta asustada) which was shortlisted for the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
59th Berlin International Film Festival
The 59th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February to 15 February 2009. The opening film of this year's festival was Tom Tykwer’s The International, screened out of competition...
. It was the first Peruvian film nominated for the Golden Bear
Golden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
award, and won the main award.
On February 2, 2010 Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film Category.
Filmography
- 2006: MadeinusaMadeinusaMadeinusa is a 2005 film set in the fictional indigenous village of Manayaycuna in the Peruvian Andes. The story covers three days in the lives of the villagers and a stranger from Lima...
- 2009: The Milk of SorrowThe Milk of SorrowWhile some Peruvian critics gave the movie negative reviews, the plot and performance were praised by American and European critics.- Film Awards:...
(La teta asustada)
External links
- Interview zu Madeinusa bei cinemawithoutborders.com (englisch)
- Interview zu Madeinusa bei kinothusis.ch (PDF-Datei, deutsch; 25,2 KB)
- The Magic Realism of Peruvian Claudia Llosa's 'La Teta Asustada' and 'Madeinusa.'