Lila Avilés
Lila Avilés (born in 1982) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, actress and producer.
Lila Avilés
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- Name
- Lila Avilés
- Born
- 1982
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Occupation
- Filmmaker screenwriter
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Languages
- Spanish
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Lila Avilés (born in 1982) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, actress and producer.
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• Name — Lila Avilés • Born — 1982 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Occupation — Filmmaker screenwriter
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Mexico City, Avilés studied scenic arts with Ximena Escalante and José Caballero, and film scriptwriting with Beatriz Novaro and Paula Marcovich. After directing some shorts, she made her feature film debut in 2018 with The Chambermaid, which premiered at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. With this film, Avilés won the Ariel Award for Best Debut Work, and got a nomination for Best Director. The film was also chosen as the Mexican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Avilés's second feature film, Tótem, was entered into the main competition at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Ecumenical Award for Best Film. For her film, she also won the Best Director award at the 2023 Jerusalem Film Festival. It was also selected for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Also in 2023, Avilés shot Eye Two Times Mouth, a chapter of Miu Miu's short film anthology series Women's Tales. In March 2024, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of International Women's Day, Avilés was one of a number of female celebrities had their likeness turned into Barbie dolls.
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Filmography
• Year — English Title — Original Title — Notes • 2018 — The Chambermaid — La camarista • 2023 — Tótem • TBA — Cábula — Post-production
Director Lila Avilés at the premiere of the film "Totem" at the Berlin Film Festival 2023
Harald Krichel
Director Lila Avilés at the premiere of the film "Totem" at the Berlin Film Festival 2023
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