Biography

Alejo Franzetti was born in Buenos Aires. He is a member of the selection committee of Berlinale Shorts and of Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg. He graduated in Film-Direction at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and was Meisterschüler by Thomas Arslan at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He has made films of different lengths and genres, such as “El contrabajo” (short), “La destrucción del orden vigente” (feature), “Panke” (medium

length). His work has been shown at venues such as Torino International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Festival Márgenes, Entrevues Belfort, Bafici, Anthology Film Archives. He was co-founder and programmer of INVASION, the Argentine film festival in Berlin that helds since 2014. He has also engaged in formative projects such as Talents Buenos Aires, Fakultät Null / Interflugs, and in Cinema en curs.