Born in Bahía Blanca, a city in the south of Argentina, Sofía Monardo graduated in Image and Sound Design from the National University of Buenos Aires. During her time at that institution, she directed two documentaries: 'Terrenal' (co-directed, 2017) and 'Capa Madre' (2019); the latter being an installation documentary. 'Terrenal' was awarded second prize for best short film at the 63 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, and was chosen within the official selections of the Viennale, the Trento Film Festival and Uppsala, among others. 'Capa Madre' won first prize for best documentary at the BIENAL FADU, 2019. Monardo has worked as a producer on many audiovisual projects and publishes theoretical and critical texts about film with the Grupo Daria, an audiovisual group of which she is a member. For two years she formed part of the Chair in Analytical History of the Argentine and Latin American Media at the University of Buenos Aires. She is currently participating in two research projects at that same institution.
Last update of this profile: 2021
