elisa leiva anderson
director / editor

EDUCATION

Stanford University
M.F.A IN DOCUMENTARRY FILM & VIDEO
Department of Art & Art History | Stanford, CA | 2023-25

UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
B.A IN FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Faculty of Communications and Image | santiago, chile | 2011-16

TEACHING

Stanford University
Instructor of Film Production
Department of Art & Art History | Stanford, CA | 2024

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Instructor of Short Film Distribution
Department of Communication Studies | Santiago, Chile | 2022–2023

DISTRIBUTION & FILM PROMOTION

CINEMACHILE
General Editor & Head of International Relations
Santiago, Chile | 2017 – 2022

Represented Chilean cinema at 40+ international festivals and markets, including: Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, Tokyo, Malága, Karlovy Vary, Madrid Co-Production Week, Rome MIA Market, BAM (Mercado de Bogotá), Ventana Sur (Buenos Aires), MIPCOM Televison Market, among others.

Led a 10-person editorial team in the creation of original content: digital catalogs, video campaigns, social media and editorial pieces.

Advocated for independent Chilean cinema by supporting emerging and underrepresented filmmakers and expanding access to international platforms.

CURATION & ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

APPLE TV+
Archival Researcher
Remote | 2022

Sourced audiovisual materials, photographs, and historical documents for an AppleTV+ Series in development.

CINEMACHILE
Curator, Program writer & Digital marketing strategy
Santiago, Chile | 2020–2021

Curated and wrote editorial pieces for “THURSDAYS OF CHILEAN CINEMA” and “TUESDAYS OF CHILEAN SERIES”, biweekly streamed screenings that reached over 800,000 viewers worldwide.

CCMATTA CULTURAL CENTER
Curator, "MIRA PA'CÁ: LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA PROGRAM"
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2020

UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Curator, “CHILE NOW!” Retrospective
Uppsala, Sweden | 2018

“THE OTHER CINEMA” BY COTI DONOSO
Archival Research, Investigation, & Writing
Chile | 2015

CINETECA, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
Archival Research & Editing
Santiago, Chile | 2013

LECTURES & PANELS

UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
Lecturer, Graduate Documentary Program
Santiago, Chile | 2020–2021

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Lecturer, Undergraduate Film Program
Santiago, Chile | 2020–2021

FECICH – FILM FESTIVAL OF QUILPUÉ
Masterclass: Chilean Film Circulation
Quilpué, Chile | 2018

CHILEAN MINISTRY OF CULTURES, ARTS AND HERITAGE
Jury Member, Chilean National Film Fund
Chile | 2018

FICVIÑA – VIÑA DEL MAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Masterclass Presenter: CinemaChile & Global Promotion
Viña del Mar, Chile | 2018

XVI SANTO TOMÁS FILM FESTIVAL
Jury Member, Short Film Competition
Chile | 2018

FILMOGRAPHY

AL SOL, LEJOS DEL CENTRO (2024) — Editor
TOWARDS THE SUN, FAR FROM THE CENTER

Berlinale Shorts, New York Film Festival, FICCI Cartagena, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (Best Visual Concept), Curtas Vila do Conde, SANFIC, Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Leiden Shorts, Kasseler Dokfest, Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar (Best Latin American Short Film), Ibiza Cinefest, Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay (Best Short Film), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Cinema Jove Valencia, Brussels Short Film Festival, Festival Silhouette Paris (Prix du Jury Hybride), Festifreak La Plata, Kerala International Documentary and Short Film Festival, ÑubleCine Festival.

RIPEAR UN DESIERTO (2024) — Editor
TO BURN A DESERT

+RAIN Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
Nemaf Korea (Seoul, South Korea)

VISTAS (2016) — Director, Editor, Sound Designer & Producer
VIEWS

Valdivia International Film Festival (Chile),
Santiago International Documentary Film Festival (Chile)

BURRO (2014) — Director, Editor & Producer

Caracas International Film Festival (Venezuela)
Rengo International Film Festival (Chile)

LAS VECINAS (2013) — Director, Editor, Sound Designer & Producer

Chilean National Human Rights Institute Awards

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

2017
Assistant Editor — The Sky is Red by Francina Carbonell

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – IDFA (2020, Official Selection), Montreal International Documentary Festival – RIDM (2021, Official Selection), Guadalajara International Film Festival – FICG (2021, Winner: Best Feature Documentary and Best Ibero-American Feature Documentary), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2021, Winner: FEISAL Prize), Valdivia International Film Festival (2021, Official Selection).

2016
Assistant Producer — Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives by Jim Brown. Part of the PBS AMERICAN MASTERS series.

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