Tatiana Huezo

Born in Salvador and living in Mexico, Tatiana Huezo graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) film school and holds a Master’s in Documentary Filmmaking from Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University. After her first attempts — short films such as _Arido_ (1992), _Familia_ (2004) or _Sueño_ (2005) — she gained international renown with her first feature-length film, _El lugar más pequeño_ (2011), presented as an international premiere at Visions du Réel in 2011 where it won the Grand Prix for the Best Feature-length Film. Building on this success, the film was programmed by more than 80 festivals around the world. Then, following the short film _Ausencias_ (2015), she directed _Tempestad_ (2016), which was presented as a world premiere at the Berlinale (Forum section) where it won four Ariel awards—presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. Over recent years, she has taught film in various international academic contexts and also written the book _El Viaje, rutas y caminos andados para llegar a otro planeta_, in which eight documentary filmmakers describe their creative processes. In 2021, she is unveiling her first fictional film, _Prayers for the Stolen_ (_Noche de fuego_) in Cannes.