Juan Carlos Valdivia

Bolivian - Mexican Film Director. He is currently working on his new film "Soren". The filmography of Juan Carlos includes the most recent, Yvy Maraey, presented at the Berlinale and MOMA; Southern District, which was winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, among many others; American Visa and Jonah and the Pink Whale, winner of the Foundation of the New Latin American Cinema Prize, and won the Best Debut Prize in Cartagena. He recently participated in a short films serie call "Short Plays" along with other 31 worldwide directors. In 2013 he was part of Malvinas, 30 Miradas, a project made for the Secretariat of Culture of Argentina. His movies have participated in more than 150 film festivals of renown in the world, he has received an important number of awards and economic support some of the most important film funds of the cinema world. Juan Carlos is a member of the Association of Directors of Bolivia, the Mexican Cinematographic Arts and Sciences Academy, the Directors Guild of Mexico, the General Society of writers and the Actors National Association from Mexico. Southern District (2009) and Yvy Maraey (2012)are two of the "12 películas fundamentales del cine boliviano"(12 12 key Bolivian cinema films) this is a selection made by 50 cinema film experts on 2013. This selection has was made between all the bolivian films produced from 1930 to 2013.