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), Co-Founder and Director of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BUEIFF) since 2019 and Director of the Madrid Film Awards (MADFA).
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 2023 / 2024
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
Colegio Mayor Argentino of Madrid
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.
Festival Partner since 2022.
Dunja Stojovic
Festival Staff - Online Streaming
21-year-old student from Montenegro, obtaining a degree in Film, Television and Media Studies in the university ‘Carlos III’ of Madrid.
In addition to several courses on filmmaking and cinematography that she did in her home country, Dunja finished a 1-month course of cinematography at the university in Paris called ‘CineStudio’, mentored by David Owen. She loves expressing herself through writing short screenplays and making short films. Her passion for storytelling drives her to explore various mediums of creative expression, continuously honing her craft as a filmmaker and writer.
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.
Member of the MADFA Press since 2023.
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.
Member of the MADFA Press since 2023.
Andrea Sanz
Festival Press (photographer)
24-year-old Spanish photographer of Valencian origin. She studied intermediate and higher degrees in photography and video at the IES Veles e Vents, in Gandia, her hometown. She learned a lot thanks to the people around him, she has been lucky enough to be able to dedicate a lot of time to this art called photography in many sectors of it.
She loves cinema and every part of it, from in front of the camera to behind it. and he considers himself an extroverted and creative person, that's why he always likes to be on new projects. "Art is always the solution to everything."
Nuria Morcillo Bonillo
Festival Reception
Creative, photographer, and craftsman. Graduated in Cinema and Culture from the University of Córdoba, Spain.
She has always been fascinated by everything behind the cameras and the work done until it reaches the screen. She worked as a photographer at events and as a production and wardrobe assistant on small shoots. She participated in the radio program about the cinema "Anocece que no es poco" on Neo FM.
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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.
Festival Bartender since 2023.
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.
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.
Javier González Sánchez
Festival Cameraman
Xabi González is a director of photography based in Madrid and from Santiago de Compostela. After starting to study Audiovisual Communication, he soon realized that his passion was in photography direction, a field in which he has specialized in recent years. years. Next year he will begin a master's degree in Photography Direction at ECAM.
Xabi González aspires to continue developing audiovisual projects in the future, especially in the field of advertising and cinematographic fiction.
Matilde Silva
Special Jury 2024
Matilde Silva is a producer, screenwriter, and actress who graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has built a diverse career in the entertainment industry.
She has worked as Head of Script Development at Akula Literary Partners, where she collaborated with Emmy Award winners and an Oscar winner, and has also supported talent management at Brave Artist Management. Her experience includes working with the casting directors of La Casa de Papel and creating her original short film, Healing Plan, which has been featured at several film festivals.
