Natalia Almada
Bio
Natalia Almada combines artistic expression with social inquiry to make films that are both personal reflections and critical social commentaries. Her work straddles the boundaries of documentary, fiction, and experimental film. Her most recent film Todo lo Demás (Everything Else) is a narrative feature starring Academy Award-nominated Adriana Barraza; it premiered at the New York Film Festival and was nominated for a Mexican Academy Award. Almada was the recipient of the 2009 Best Documentary Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, United States Artists, The Herb Alpert Foundation, and MacDowell Colony. In 2012 she received a MacArthur “Genius” Award. Here she discusses her creative motivations as a filmmaker, and what we mean when we talk about “narrative.”