The Search

The Search is a 24-minute film that explores Estela de Carlotto’s search for her long-lost grandchild thirty-seven years after her daughter was kidnapped and murdered during the Argentinean “Dirty War.”

Role: Director/Editor/DP
Release date: 2016 / Runtime: 24 min
Website: www.thesearchdocumentary.com
Twitter: @thesearchdoc

Awards & Recognition:

• Student Academy Awards Finalist

• Best Short Documentary - Amnesty International Film Festival - Au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains

• Ruth Landfield Award - Fargo Film Festival

• Best Student Documentary - Fargo Film Festival

• Best Student Documentary at DOCUTAH Film Festival

• SPJ NorCal - Excellence in Journalism - Student Special Project Award

• Broadcast Education Association - Festival of Media Arts - Best Student Documentary

• Berkeley Film Foundation Student Grant

• Susan Rasky Award for Journalistic Excellence

• Edwin Bayley Prize for Excellence in Government or Political Reporting

• Denver Film Festival - Honorable mention

Official Festival Selection:

• Sarasota Film Festival

• Festival cinéma Amnesty International Au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains

• 39th Denver Film Festival

• 33rd Chicago Latino Film Festival

• DOCUTAH International Film Festival (Best Student Documentary)

• Fargo Film Festival

• MIRA - Latin American Independent Filmfestival

• Bogotá Short Film Festival

• San Diego Latino Film Festival

• Tulipanes Latino Art & Film Festival

• San Francisco Latino Film Festival

• Boston Latino Film Festival