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Alex Méndez Giner Foreign Language Film Festival 2013 Keynote Speaker and Workshop Presenter Alex Méndez Giner received a B.A in Mass Communications at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela, and completed a M.F.A in Film at Syracuse University, N.Y. His film career has been divided between the direction of TV spots and the making of his own film and video projects. He has obtained several awards in his country and abroad, been particularly relevant two places as a finalist in the Festival Iberoamericano de la Publicidad (FIAP) and one in The New York Film Festivals. He has directed four shortfilms: “Transparency” (1999), “Essay” (2000), “Seamstress” (2001) and “It Rains”(2007), two videoart pieces: “Seawash” (2001) and “Cervical Song” (2005) and one short documentary called “On the Back of the Whale” (2008). He was awarded with the Caracas City Hall Shortfilms Award in the Best Film, Best Directing and Best Editing categories for the shortfilm “Rehearsal” and Best Sound for the shortfilm “Seamstress”. He has been official selection in the 13th Videobrasil International Festival in Sao Paulo and in the V Pirelli Festival for Young Artists in Caracas. He has participated as an invited artist in the 1st International Biennial of VideoArt of Israel, in the “VeCorto VeLargo 2008” Venezuelan film exhibition in Barcelona and in the 1st Latinamerican Film Congress in Mexico. He was founder artist of the Multimedia Center for the Arts in the Contemporary Museum of Caracas and recently his short film "It Rains" (Llueve) has been part of several international film festivals among them the 30th International Short Film Festival of Clermont Ferrand 2008, the 23erd International Film Festival of Guadalajara 2008, the X Film Encounters of Marseille 2008 and the International Short Film Festival of Sapporo 2008 in Japan.

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Alex  Méndez  Giner  Foreign  Language  Film  Festival  2013  Keynote  Speaker  and  Workshop  

Presenter       Alex  Méndez  Giner  received  a  B.A  in  

Mass  Communications  at  Universidad  Católica  Andrés  Bello  in  Venezuela,  and  completed  a  M.F.A  in  Film  at  Syracuse  University,  N.Y.  His  film  career  has  been  divided  between  the  direction  of  TV  spots  and  the  making  of  his  own  film  and  video  projects.  He  has  obtained  several  awards  in  his  country  and  abroad,  been  particularly  relevant  two  places  as  a  finalist  in  the  Festival  Iberoamericano  de  la  Publicidad  (FIAP)  and  one  in  The  New  York  Film  Festivals.  He  has  directed  four  shortfilms:  “Transparency”  (1999),  “Essay”  (2000),  “Seamstress”  (2001)  and  “It  Rains”(2007),  two  video-­‐art  pieces:  “Seawash”  (2001)  and  “Cervical  Song”  (2005)  and  one  short  documentary  called  “On  the  Back  of  the  Whale”  (2008).      

 He  was  awarded  with  the  Caracas  City  Hall  Shortfilms  Award  in  the  Best  Film,  Best  Directing  and  Best  Editing  categories  for  the  shortfilm  “Rehearsal”  and  Best  Sound  for  the  shortfilm  “Seamstress”.    He  has  been  official  selection  in  the  13th  Videobrasil  International  Festival  in  Sao  Paulo  and  in  the  V  Pirelli  Festival  for    Young  Artists  in  Caracas.    He  has  participated  as  an  invited  artist  in  the  1st  International  Biennial  of  Video-­‐Art  of  Israel,  in  the  “Ve-­‐Corto  Ve-­‐Largo  2008”  Venezuelan  film  exhibition  in  Barcelona  and  in  the  1st  Latinamerican  Film  Congress  in  Mexico.  He  was  founder  artist  of  the  Multimedia  Center  for  the  Arts  in  the  Contemporary  Museum  of  Caracas  and  recently  his  short  film  "It  Rains"  (Llueve)  has  been  part  of  several  international  film  festivals  among  them  the  30th  International  Short  Film  Festival  of  Clermont-­‐Ferrand  2008,  the  23erd  International  Film  Festival  of  Guadalajara  2008,  the  X  Film  Encounters  of  Marseille  2008  and  the  International  Short  Film  Festival  of  Sapporo  2008  in  Japan.