ABOUT US
The Madrid Film Awards - MADFA is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Spain. Based in Madrid, Spain. An Official IMDb Competition!
We believe that cinema has the power to connect people through empathy. At the Madrid Film Awards, we are looking for stories that stay with the audience after leaving the cinema and challenge how we think and feel about the world around us.
Our aim is to promote the artists who tell these stories, by providing a platform for their work and recognizing their efforts with awards in a wide range of categories.
The Festival selection committee is renewed every year but retains the premise of assuring competitors to evaluate them at their highest level. Only valuable films can receive the Competition Winner Certificate and Trophy.
Those selected and winners of each edition will be announced through the MADFA Website, official platforms and their social networks.
OUR EVENT TEAM
Roberto I. Ercolalo
Festival Director
Italian-Argentine director, writer, and producer of short films. Judge of the Durban International Film Festival 2023 (Official Academy Award®, Qualifying Festival) Judge of Los Angeles CineFest (2018-2022), and Director of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BUEIFF) since 2019.
Nominated for an Academy Award®, Canadian Screen Award®, and BAFTA® Qualifying Film Festival in the United States (Rhode Island International Film Festival). Winner of 15 official IMDb film festivals, his works have obtained 160 international laurels in 34 countries.
Jeanette Acosta
Festival Host
Advertising Graphic Designer, Head of Brand, and Leader at Global Wizards, a Digital Marketing, Development, and Video Game services agency with a presence in the United States, Argentina, and Europe. She has been involved in organizing events such as TEDxSanIsidro, TEDxVillaUrquiza, Fuckup Nights Buenos Aires, and other initiatives as part of the team of Ciencia Argentina.
Currently, she actively participates as a panelist in "Desayuno con Diseñadores", a weekly live broadcasted on Youtube and Twitch sponsored by the University of Palermo, Pantone, and Trimarchi.
Rodolfo Barrese
Festival Colaborator
He has a degree in history, and worked as a university professor for many years.
Also, is the current director of the Colegio Mayor Argentino (CMA), the official venue of the 2023 Event.
The CMA is a university residence belonging to the Ministry of Education of the Argentine Nation located in the university city of Madrid, Spain, and attached to the Complutense University.
Miguel Molinares
Festival Press (photographer)
Spanish Director of Photography, photographer, and cameraman.
He has years of experience in sports, technology, and national, and international events of large companies, such as Caixa Forum, Intel, and CNMV, among many others.
Also, he participated in many awarded films and web series as a Director of Photography and cameraman.
Victoria González Montani
Festival Press (reporter)
Model, Actriz, and Journalist
She has a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
She trained me with Sandra Golpe, Javier Gallego, and Pablo Conde, in the On-Camera Voiceover course at Atresmedia Formación, and with Esteban Roel at the Madrid Film Institute in the New Actors course. She train in the theater with Zaida Alonso and Daniel Orgaz and also she did a workshop on camera movements at the UCM.
Sofía González Montani
Festival Press (camera)
Currently, is a last-year student at the Complutense University of Madrid, majoring in Information and Documentation.
She also has training in several areas such as photography, video, acting, and design.
During the event, you will record the official MADFA interviews on the red carpet, which we will conduct with our international guests.
The interviews will be available on the Festival website and social media.
Lydia Lucena Lucas
Festival Press (videographer)
Lydia has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche. She has worked in different audiovisual areas, such as photography or video editing, as well as having been a camera operator on numerous projects, both fiction, and non-fiction.
In 2023 she directed her first short film, Oro, which is in the distribution phase and has received several selections at national and international festivals, and the award for best direction at the Mostra de Cinema Jove d'Elx.
Ivan Barchuk
Festival Partner
Violinist and founder of the Ensamble Austral-Classica.
He began his violin studies at the age of five. In 2014 he studied in Buenos Aires with Professor Rafael Gintoli, graduating from the Colón Theater Higher Institute of Art in 2018.
He has participated in international orchestral meetings such as Young-artist Orchestra, Kamerata Zuid, Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, ISATC Colon Theater Orchestra, Vigo430 Orchestra, among others.
He has completed a Degree in Solo Performance at the Katarina Gurska Superior Center with Maestro Erzhan Kulibaev in Madrid.
Carolina Guna
Festival Partner
Haute Couture Designer and founder of the Carolina Guna brand.
The brand was born in the spring of 2008, with a dreamy, entrepreneurial, and dynamic spirit that, together with her unique and controversial vision, marks her exquisite character although at the same time obsessive for detail. In love with her profession.
Since 2011 she has shown her most exquisite creations at the glamorous Cannes Film Festival in France.
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Agustín Luque
Festival Bartender
Argentinian barista and bartender.
Studied in Buenos Aires the technical of the specialty coffee of several countries for many years.
In 2022 he moved to Madrid to continue perfecting himself in the art of specialty drinks.
He joins the MADFA 2023 event to enhance the guest experience with complimentary cocktails at the reception.
EVENT 2023
