Andrea Arauz is a Central American filmmaker and executive producer of
Aurora Studio. Based in Honduras. She has a master’s degree in Documentary Cinema from the School of Cinema of Barcelona (ECIB). She is currently the Latin American Communities Manager for The Video Consortium. Throughout ...
Read MoreAndrea Arauz is a Central American filmmaker and executive producer of
Aurora Studio. Based in Honduras. She has a master’s degree in Documentary Cinema from the School of Cinema of Barcelona (ECIB). She is currently the Latin American Communities Manager for The Video Consortium. Throughout 2023 - 2024, she worked as the Production Coordinator for the
Solutions Storytelling Project: Latam, a regional initiative of VC in partnership with Skoll Foundation. Since 2019, she has supported the Camden International Film Festival as part of the screening committee, and in 2024, she became the first Honduran to be invited as Programmer Associate at CIFF.
She has worked as a fixer/producer for international production companies from Spain, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Australia that seek documentary material in Central America.
Her past films as a director and producer include: Living Bodies, a documentary short film (2022); Awakening, a short fiction for Spotlight Initiative and UN WOMEN (Honduras-2020); Birthday Cake, short fiction (Costa Rica, Honduras, 2020) and Deprived of Liberty, short documentary (Honduras-2015). She has also video edited Santitos, winner of the International Short Film Festival El Heraldo in 2016 and Best International Short Film Miami Fest Best Shorts Worldwide in 2018. Her latest documentary short film, “Living Bodies,” has been in more than 10 international film festivals and is the 2024 winner of the Special Jury Award in the Experimental Category at the 6th International Women Filmmakers Festival in Turkey. In her work, she explores her roots and addresses themes such as migration, human rights, and gender violence, often working with various formats and genres. Always looking to create safe and learning spaces for non-fiction creators in the region. Seeking to empower minority communities.
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